Der Mittenfuhrer distances himself from Salt Lake City mayor (another flip-flop)

[Ian David]

Romney distances himself from Salt Lake City mayor

By Mike Glover, Associated Press | March 23, 2007

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has cooled his friendship with Mayor Rocky Anderson of Salt Lake City now that the liberal Democrat has called for President Bush's impeachment.

In an interview yesterday, Romney sought to minimize his relationship with Anderson, once a prominent example of bipartisan camaraderie. The two worked closely together when Romney ran the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

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Anderson was so impressed with Romney's work on turning around the problem-plagued Olympics that he backed the Republican in a television commercial during Romney's 2002 campaign for Massachusetts governor.

"People often say I'm a Massachusetts-type Democrat. To me, that's a compliment," Anderson said in the ad . Anderson then urged viewers to "take it from this liberal Democrat: If you want an amazing leader, vote for Mitt Romney."

In 2003, after he became governor, Romney returned the favor, making a television ad in support of Anderson's campaign for a second mayoral term.

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