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...Romney campaign has been crisply disdainful of the observation. Spokesman Kevin Madden called it "a tactic borne of desperation," and "obviously the result of an inability to deal with the current political fallout they are experiencing on this issue...
...past two days, it's been the small-arms shot heard 'round the blogosphere: John McCain popping off on a conference call about Mitt Romney's opposition to the current immigration bill. "Maybe I should wait a couple weeks and see if it changes," the Senator said. "Maybe he can get out his small varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his yard...
...their part, the McCain camp seems to be enjoying the attention garnered by the gibe, embracing the fact that McCain has set Romney specifically in his sights. They point out that the comment came in direct response to a question not about the immigration bill, but about Romney's positioning himself against it. (You can hear the exchange here.) Further, says McCain spokesman Brian Jones, "tonally, it was similar to 'bomb Iran'" - pointedly, a McCain gibe that received similarly mixed reviews - "He made a joke and moved on to something substantive. It was not a temper tantrum...
...joke may or may not have been scripted, but whenever it popped into his head, McCain was clearly eager to deliver it. The two men have been competitors for mere months, but in that short time, Romney's anchorman good looks and practiced ease have come to symbolize the exact type of carefully calibrated retail politics that provoked McCain's outsider assault on Bush in 2000. But his engagement with Romney on this level is more than just a mere gambit at a time that Romney has surged to the lead in Iowa polls - it's a genuine expression...
...most profound moral beliefs affect the way he governs. By contrast, Giuliani's point that Republicans will lose the election if they don't lighten up on abortion may well be true. Not only that: it may be the only assertion made by Giuliani or Romney on the subject of abortion in this campaign that the speaker really, in his heart, believes...