Others Moving to Romney
Former Fred Thompson campaign co-chair Liz Cheney announced she was joining the Mitt Romney campaign as a foreign policy adviser.
In news for the conservative blogosphere Ed Morrissey endorsed Romney:
First, I want to have someone who supports conservative values. In this, we have no perfect candidates. Fred Thompson came closest, but he quit, and I’m not going to cast my vote for someone who has already dropped out. Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, and John McCain all have some claim to a portion of the conservative mandate based on their accomplishments. Of the four, I trust Romney and Giuliani most to continue supporting conservative principles in the face of opposition — and in fact I’d probably trust Giuliani a little more.
Second, and very importantly, the Republican should have demonstrated success in executive management in both private and public sectors. This eliminates everyone except Romney and Rudy. John McCain wants to make the case that his experience as squadron leader qualifies, and it does demonstrate leadership, but not executive experience. Both Rudy and Romney have led entire organizations in both the public and private sectors, with Romney getting the best in this area. They have had the buck stop at their desk. Both Rudy and Romney have transformed failing entities (New York City and the Salt Lake City Olympics). McCain led 400 men, but he answered to commanders above him at several levels while doing so, and I have yet to see an argument for transformation under McCain’s leadership.
I’m still decompressing and thinking things through after working on the Thompson campaign. If someone from the Romney camp would like to get in touch with me I’d love to ask Mitt a few questions via e-mail or (better for him) video. It will help me decided who to support and whether I will support anyone right now.
I have a contact with the McCain campaign and will send some questions their way. Let me say that I’m not pleased with McCain’s cheap shot at Romney. That’s not “straight talk.” That’s blatant mischaracterization.
“My Vote“
I don’t suppose you could convince Fred to get back in it, could ya? I mean after his mom gets out of the hospital, of course. He’s left an awfully big void for the REAL conservatives.