Bob Perry (SBVT backer) joins Romney.

[cadmium]

Dont underestimate Romney. He has more money than God. He has the support of Anne Coulter - and you have to know that she represents a rabid wing of the Republican party. He got the support of the Conservative Conference a couple weeks ago. Now he has the backing of Bob Perry. I have said this for a while. Romney is the stealth candidate that the Republican insiders are counting on. He is enough of a pretty face and a blank slate for the Republicans to sell him as a moderate.

"Swift Boat group's backer joins Romney campaign
By Washington Post  |  March 18, 2007
WASHINGTON -- The primary donor of an independent group that raised questions about Senator John F. Kerry during the 2004 presidential election has signed on to raise money for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's GOP presidential campaign.
Bob Perry, a Houston home builder, is named as a member of Romney's Texas Leadership Team in an invitation for a fund-raising event in Dallas on March 26.
Perry has earned a reputation for his willingness to finance the political activities of "527 groups," nonprofit organizations named after the federal tax code that applies to them. He gained notoriety for the $4.5 million he donated to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group of Vietnam War veterans who questioned Kerry's military credentials.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/03/18/swift_boat_groups_backer_joins_romney_campaign/

[rox63]

1. Romney is a slimey bastid

I agree, Cadmium. Romney and Perry are of the same ilk. Underestimate Romney at your peril. He was able to fool enough people in deepest-blue Massachusetts to win the governor's office. And most of the country has no previous exposure to him, so they'll be easy to fool as well. Remember, these are the voters that put * in the WH twice.

[bigdarryl]

2. I have a better chance at becoming President than Romney i hope he's the nominee because...

this idiot is the ULTIMATE!!!! flip flopper. The democrats will tear him a new ass hole.

[cadmium]

3. I't the money. I think he is the strongest of the

Republicans. If the Dem slips --Romney can look good to middle America. Money can unflip a lot of his flops--especially if the media buys it.

[karynnj]

4. Actually what scares me here is that way the BG is ok with all the lies

read this pretending that you know nothing about the SBVT and the 2006 ads - would you get that in both cases these ads have been shown to be lies and dirty tricks.

They are harsher on Kerry not forgiving them - even while the mention here suggests Kerry's military record is open to question. I saw the Fox hearing - Kerry's questions were polite and it was Fox's own conscience that made him squirm - he knows what he did is wrong - even if the BG doesn't.

In 2004, the print media was fairer than the broadcast media. The Globe is owned by the NYT - which has taken a pretty pro neo-con line. The LA Times was bought by the Cicago Tribune (very conservative). This is a pretty Rw slant for a MSM newpaper, especially one that is said to be "liberal".

This is not just a problem for Kerry, but may extend to all Democrats - and may mean that any Democrat may have a problem getting a fair shake from the media.

[Radical Activist]

5. It doesn't matter.

I know the extent to which evangelicals have been trained to think Mormons are an evil, non-christian cult. They won't vote for him.

[Czolgosz]

6. Romney has Perry (top Repub donor), the Bush family, Rove. These folks got a semi-literate half-wit

booze-addled hack who had failed at business, who took corporate welfare to get his baseball team a subsidized stadium, who'd had an accomplishment-free stint as figurehead governor of Texas elected to two terms. Their task of getting Romney the nomination doesn't look half so hard.