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 Tuesday, December 18, 2007
 Rep. Kingston is in his 14th year representative Georgia's 1st district and is the raking member of the Appropriations Committee's Agriculture Subcommittee (a pretty powerful group).Says Kingston: "After months of consideration, I have decided to support Mitt Romney for President. In a field of worthy candidates, Governor Romney has displayed a deep grasp of the issues, a commitment for change, and the character that we need in the next President of the United States. Labels: endoresements, Endorse Thursday, November 29, 2007
 Fresh off his excellent showing at the debate Wednesday night, Mitt Romney announces the endorsement of American Conservative Union President David Keene. WP Blog has the details:Keene said he became "convinced that Mitt Romney represents our best hope for 2008" and added that in the weeks remaining before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3, 2008 he would work to persuade "my fellow conservatives that if we are serious about electing a conservative president in 2008, it's time to unite behind his candidacy." Long courted by Romney, Keene agreed to formalize his endorsement of the former governor during a face to face meeting in Florida on Tuesday, according to knowledgeable sources. Of Keene, Romney said he was "proud" to have the endorsement for his "campaign for conservative change." Labels: acu, davide keene, endoresements, Endorse, Endorsement
Monday, October 22, 2007
None of this information is the campaigns, it is Justin's interpretation of events
Regardless of what you think about "Romney the candidate"... "Romney the campaign" is unmatched in its ability to execute. Take this last week for example. Think of it in terms of a business case study, outlining the "challenge", proposing a "solution", targeting specific "benefits" and measuring "results". CHALLENGE: Disolve concerns about Mitt's Mormonism among Conservative Evangelicals. SOLUTION: Highlight the Governor as the only leading candidate meeting 100% of the SoCon values and win endorsements from leading Evangelicals leading up to the seminal pre-primary "Values Voters" conference. BENEFITS: Develop day after day endorsements followed by a good showing at the straw poll giving serious momentum to the campaign among Evangelicals and building qualified talking points to address the Mormon question. EXECUTION PLAN  2 weeks out - Lead up to the conference. Look for "Mormon questions" addressed to Perkins, Bauer, Land and others. Rely on their even-handed past dealings with this issue as a positive sign. (check, check) 1 weeks out - Letter from Mark DeMoss addressed to numerous Evangelical leaders contrasting Romney and Rudy and laying the foundation for a larger swath of backers. (check) 5 days out - First endorsement, ideally, from far extreme of the religious right showing that anyone could endorse Romney (check - Chancellor and Dean of Bob Jones) 4 days out - Letter from James Bopp, Jr. highlighting the growing movement of Evangelicals behind Romney (check)3 days out - Talking heads start to notice the pattern. Experts concur. (check) (reach out to blogger base for email-only campaign for the online straw poll)  2 days out - Pull out the big guns. Lengthy, detailed article by new Evangelical endorsement laying the intellectual framework in which Evangelicals can accept a Romney candidacy. (check - Wayne Grudem) 1 day out - Endorsement by an excellent conservative Evangelical coinciding with Romney's speech to the "Values Voters" Conference in DC. (check - Dr. Don Wilton).Day of straw poll - Final endorsement before the conference ends. This time taken from another campaign. (check - Dr. Willkie founder of a pro-life effort) Goaline: Place or show in the straw poll to drive some good press. (check - or win it :) ) None of this happens by accident. The plan is laid, the efforts set and the execution is nearly flawless. Classic Team Romney. Labels: endoresements, Endorse, evangelicals, LDS Mormon Romney, mormonism, mormons Wednesday, October 17, 2007
"Congressman Mack has been a champion of conservative leadership in Florida and in the United States Congress. I am proud to have his support and counsel," said Governor Romney. "We agree that we have lost our way in Washington and that it is time for us to return to the core Republican principles of fiscal discipline, lower taxes, a strong military and less government. I look forward to working with Congressman Mack to take our message of strong new leadership to Floridians across the state during the coming months." Labels: connie mack, endoresements, Endorse, Florida Friday, March 23, 2007
This is a fun endeavor! I love to watch the ebb and flow of picking team players (or rather players picking a team).
Both Romney and McCain are making nailing down some great endorsements. The ground game is really taking shape. Since our last update two weeks ago here are some highlighted endorsements: Congressional Endorsements:
Bottom line is this: These three are going to have the cash at the end of Q1 but McCain and Romney have the strategy and legwork in place to make a showing. Rudy is just plain absent or silent?! Regardless... here are your charts:     Labels: endoresements, Endorse, Florida, John McCain, Michigan, mit romney, rudy, south carolina Thursday, March 22, 2007
The Washington Post reports that Romney has received the endorsement of Drew McKissick.:
A Christian Coalition of America officer who ran a successful campaign to ban gay marriage in South Carolina said Thursday he is endorsing Republican Mitt Romney's presidential bid and will work for the campaign. Labels: endoresements, Endorse, Endorsements, mckissick Friday, March 9, 2007
It is a fast and furious task to keep up the campaigns as the primary engines churn and the full-court press for good people, good donations, and good endorsements heats up.
Big stories with this update: John McCain takes the slight edge on congressional endorsements, Mitt Romney holds his lead on state specific and current/former elected officials. But Rudy is an enigma to me. My sources tell me his financing is going swimmingly but the local organizations are either still maturing or just not public. Granted he seems a bit late to the game. If you have any updates in this regard please pass them on.     Labels: charts, endoresements, Endorse, graphs, state specific Monday, March 5, 2007
 When John McCain announced the Michigan leaders who were backing his campaign it seemed like a decent shot across Mitt's bow taking steam out of his home state. No longer. Today, Governor Romney introduced the supporters for his Michigan team. I have mixed feeling about the annoucement. Don't get me wrong. The team is solid. It just means I have A LOT to do on the endorsement database. The team includes. - 44 Current and Former County GOP Chairs - 41 Current and Former GOP State Committee Members - 7 Current and Former GOP Congressional District Chairs Michigan Republican County Chairs Endorsing Governor Romney: Rita Hale, Alger County Tony Garofalo, Allegan County Ed Boettcher, Antrim County Hubert Fisk, Arenac County John Drennan, Baraga County Bill LaBrae, Cass County Greg Rotter, Cheboygan County Anthony Stackpoole, Chippewa County Kim Emmons, Clare County Dr. Tim Tarry, Eaton County Jack Waldvogel, Emmet County Darlene Conner, Gladwin County Geraldine Burt, Gogebic County Eric St. Onge, Gratiot County Neil Brady, Hillsdale County Robert Hogan, Huron County Norm Shinkle, Ingham County Adam Hume, Iosco County Jon Williams, Jackson County Allan Filip, Livingston County Jonathon Brown, Luce County Jim Carabelli, Macomb County Jackie Champlin, Montcalm County Dan Marcrum, Montmorency County Dennis Cowan, Oakland County Dennis Sisco, Ogemaw County Joel Butler, Otsego County Jon DeWitte, Ottawa County Jeffrey Lamb, Presque Isle County Sam Burwell, Shiawassee County Karry Bland, St. Clair County Wes Dilworth, former Charlevoix Chair Gail Nugent, former Benzie Chair Carl Schwind, former Clare Chair Tom Englund, former Delta Chair Don Birgel, former Gladwin Chair Libby Child, former Kent Chair Charles Mulholland, former Montcalm Chair Paul Welday, former Oakland Chair Ken Shapley, former Saginaw Chair David Kredell, former Sanilac Chair Anna Kabot, former Tuscola Chair Micki McClelland, former Mecosta Chair Michigan Republican State Committee Members Endorsing Governor Romney: Anthony Stackpoole, 1st CD Robert Hogan, 10th CD Norm Shinkle, 8th CD Allan Filip, 8th CD Gerry Mason, 10th CD Kyle Olson, 2nd CD Joan Runnels, 2nd CD Florence Connolly, 4th CD Scott Haines, 4th CD Micki McClelland, 4th CD Amy Carl, 5th CD Jean Coleman, 6th CD Mike Troutman, 7th CD (former Chair) Don Vickers, 8th CD Linda Lee Williams, 8th CD Terri Kowall, 10th CD Paul Viar, 10th CD Eileen Kowall, 11th CD Judy Bucholtz, 12th CD Linda Solterisch, 13th CD Joseph Tate, 13th CD Scott Saionz, 14th CD Carl Meyers, 15th CD Bill Runco, 15th CD Joel Westrom, 1st District Chairman Carolyn Curtin, 4th District Chairwoman Gerry Hildenbrand, 6th District Chairman Dennis Buchholtz, 12th District Chairman Tom Newman, former 6th District Chair Bob Law, former 11th District Chair Michael Bell, former State Committee Jennifer Schultz, former State Committee Margaret Stanley, former State committee Lori (Packer) Wortz, former State Committee Rosalie Skiwers, former State Committee Marianne Packer, former State Committee Jon Caron, former State Committee Jim Miller, former State Committee Marti Miller, former State Committee Melvin Byrd, former State Committee Linda Harmon, former State Committee Labels: endoresements, Endorse, Michigan Wednesday, February 28, 2007
...and it's a doozy. There are some great names here. I really like Corrine Lovas. She is one of Sen. Kyle's top fundraisers. Kyle is McCain's Exploratory Chair and no doubt he would have like Lovas on McCain's Team. This is a real hit when coupled with multiple reports McCain is tanking.
Labels: arizona, endoresements, Endorse, finance Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Beside a patently obtuse view of the war and a penchant for awful and insulting analogies?  They are both endorsing this guy:  Compare that to:
 DOES THAT HELP YOUR DECISION? Labels: endoresements, Endorse, Endorsement, John McCain, McCain    Labels: endoresements, Endorse, Endorsement, John McCain, McCain, mitt, rudy | |||||||||||||
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