Monday, April 02, 2007

Romney’s Numbers   [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Team Romney is enthused by the fundraising numbers and confident they indicate a success story. A source close to Romney tells NRO that the 1^st-quarter numbers come out of their candidate’s “strong organization and one-on-one appeal as a strong leader who has a proven track record in tackling big challenges.”

The source stresses: “People are learning about his strong record of cutting the budget; vetoing hundreds of bills, proving the liberal elites who said he would have to raise taxes wrong, and fighting for traditional values in the bluest of blue states.  People understand he’s someone with the ability to change Washington.”

The source also points to Romney’s other March wins — with activists in the CPAC poll, National Journal’s Republican insiders poll, a well-received Club for Growth speech on economic issues, and “star turn” at the Gridiron — as added signs he is here to stay.  And that conservatives like Jim DeMint, Tom Feeney, Larry Craig, Jim McCrery, and Marsha Blackburn, among others have signed up is further evidence.

“This candidate has staying power and is doing all the day to day hard work across the board to run a strong and competitive campaign that brings together the Reagan coalition of social, economic, and foreign-policy mainstream conservatives.”

04/02 03:32 PMShare