Word: mitt
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...Kerry that Europeans seemed so eager to embrace him. In a famous put-down, then Commerce Secretary Don Evans declared that Kerry "looks French." For his part, Obama has already been portrayed by opponents as an out-of-touch élitist (see "Bittergate"), and recently McCain surrogates such as Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani have suggested that the Democrat has more of a European worldview than the Arizona Senator does...
...Even as some of his own top campaign advisers, including McKinnon, Nelson and Steve Schmidt, went to work for McCain, Bush doubted McCain's chances of winning the G.O.P. nomination. "The President was never one to count McCain out," says a former senior Bush aide, "but he felt like [Mitt] Romney was the best positioned." Though his campaign has been coordinating with the White House through regular conference calls ever since he became the presumptive nominee, McCain has kept as much physical distance from Bush as possible. But there have been awkward moments. The President did McCain no favors...
...final insult--most libertarians view him, fairly or not, as pro-war, anti-gun, pro-environmentalism and anti--free speech (thanks to his advocacy for campaign-finance reform). In Nevada, where the liberty lobby is strong, McCain got trounced in the primary voting, coming in third behind Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. When the state GOP tried to crown McCain at its Reno convention in April, so many Paul supporters showed up that party leaders literally fled the hall, turned off the lights and postponed the convention to make sure the anemic pro-McCain camp wasn't swamped by liberty...
...presidential campaigns. "I'm looking forward to working with the undergraduates at Harvard," Mele said. "Their observations on technology and politics are going to be insightful given that they are digital natives." Alex Castellanos, who served as a senior strategist for the presidential campaign of former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, and Jennifer Donahue, the political director for the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, will also serve as fellows. Leach said the program is beneficial for the fellows because it allows them to take classes at the University, do research, and work with other campus groups during their time at Harvard...
...three possibilities from Virginia - Governor Tim Kaine, former governor Mark Warner or Senator Jim Webb. Or perhaps a Westerner like Montana governor Brian Schweitzer. McCain might get an Electoral College boost by picking Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, Pennsylvania's ex-governor Tom Ridge or former rival Mitt Romney, who has family roots in pivotal Michigan...