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Romney ends formal relationship with consultant Mike Murphy
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| Last Edited | COSDem Jan 21, 2006 04:25pm |
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| News Date | Friday, January 20, 2006 10:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | -Gov. Mitt Romney has ended his formal relationship with Mike Murphy, the political consultant who guided Sen. John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign and helped Romney chart a course for his own potential White House run in 2008.
A spokesman for the Republican chief executive said Friday that Romney made the decision after announcing last month he would not be seeking a second term as governor in the fall. Romney paid Murphy's firm, DC Navigators LLC, $208,000 last year, according to campaign finance reports.
"Since Gov. Romney is not seeking re-election, there is no campaign to run, and so he has ended his contractual relationship with Mike Murphy," said Eric Fehrnstrom, the governor's communications director. "Mike has been a trusted friend and adviser, and he always will be."
Murphy had publicly expressed ambivalence about working on a Romney presidential campaign as long as there was a possibility that McCain, an Arizona Republican, may make a second presidential bid. Both Romney and McCain have yet to announce their decision on a presidential candidacy.
In an interview with The Associated Press, the Los Angeles-based consultant said: "It's just that I love John McCain very dearly and I also feel very close to Mitt Romney. I have a personal belief that when you work for somebody as intimately as I do, they trust you with a lot of information and let their guard down around you. I feel it wold be unethical to work against somebody who's trusted your with everything." |
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