Friday, January 18, 2008

Angry Romney Rips Reporter...


Sparks Fly as Mitt Romney tells reporters that lobbyists aren't running his campaign.

Mike Allen from the Politico has the story:

Mitt Romney scolded a veteran campaign reporter in South Carolina Thursday after being challenged on claims about lobbyists’ involvement in the campaign. Holding a news conference in front of the pen rack of a Columbia Staples store, Romney wanted to tout his “strategy for a stronger economy.”

Answering what reporters later called a routine question, Romney took a veiled shot at Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has jumped to a lead in Palmetto State polls. “I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign,” Romney said. “I don’t have lobbyists that are tied to my — ”
Glen Johnson, an Associated Press reporter who was
sitting on the floor as he typed on his laptop computer, interrupted to point
out that Ron Kaufman, one of Romney’s top advisers, is a
lobbyist.

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