It's already starting to get ugly among the GOP presidential candidates. Romney and McCain are taking swipes at each other. This could be fun to watch. They're both hard core right wingers. Let's hope they inflict enormous damage on each other:
In repeated interviews, Romney has questioned the effectiveness of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, arguing it has had "unintended consequences" and "driven money into secret corners."Romney pretended he was a moderate to become Governor of Massachusetts. The media often pretends that McCain is a moderate. They're both going to run hard to the right to curry favor with the theocratic wing of the GOP. And both of them belong at the far right end of the political spectrum.
Romney's staff regularly quips about McCain's age and questions the senator's ability to win over the influential and monied supporters of President Bush after their own rivalry developed during the 2000 presidential race.
By 2009, McCain would be 72, three years older than Ronald Reagan was in 1981 when he became the oldest first-term president.
McCain's staff, speaking privately like Romney's to avoid incurring the boss' wrath, labels Romney a johnny-come-lately to conservative Republican and national security causes. They also question whether a dashing candidate dubbed "Matinee Mitt" has the mettle to endure a rough nominating battle.
