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Once-easy campaign becomes test for Romney
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jan 01, 2008 05:21pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, January 1, 2008 11:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | DES MOINES - Just before Thanksgiving, Mitt Romney woke up to a disquieting new reality. After spending millions of dollars to ensure what was shaping up as a relatively easy victory in Iowa, his own polls found that Mike Huckabee had slipped ahead of him here, threatening his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination with a devastating defeat.
Mr. Romney’s campaign moved to respond. His aides rolled out sheaves of research into Mr. Huckabee’s record that they had prepared earlier in the year, and they settled on three areas where they thought it was ripe for attack: taxes, immigration policy and clemencies he granted while governor of Arkansas.
From that point on, Mr. Romney made sure to zero in on Mr. Huckabee’s handling of those issues at every stop in Iowa, invariably drawing coverage in local newspapers. One of Mr. Romney’s traveling aides was spotted carrying a sheet labeled, “Talking Points — Tuition Breaks & Mike Huckabee,” referring to a bill that Mr. Huckabee championed in Arkansas that would have made illegal immigrants eligible for in-state college tuition and scholarships. |
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