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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: jlallen who wrote (20266)1/14/2008 8:46:35 PM
From: Ann Corrigan  Read Replies (1) of 224655
 
Press is pummeling Romney while giving a pass to other candidates who've changed their position on an issue:

>By Brent Baker | January 14, 2008

Catching up with an article in last week's Weekly Standard (but with Mitt Romney making his last stand in Tuesday's Michigan primary it remains topical), veteran Washington journalist Fred Barnes, a regular panelist on FNC's Special Report, asserted that the press corps “loathes Romney for moving somewhat on social issues.”:

I've been amazed at the raw antipathy that so many otherwise reasonable people in the media feel toward Romney. The word they use is "inauthentic." But all presidential candidates are inauthentic to one degree or another. Even Mr. Straight Talk, Senator John McCain, talks differently today about tax cuts and immigration than he used to, but the press doesn't hector him about it.

There's something unique about Romney that repels the press. What is it? Romney is obviously a decent guy with a devoted family. People who've worked for Romney speak of him in glowing terms. He succeeded famously in tougher environments -- business turnarounds, running the 2002 Winter Olympics -- than electoral politics. And he's the smartest guy in the presidential field.

—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center<
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