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DEL.ICIO.USThe clam chowder-she crab soup connection
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gov. Mitt Romney has scored a significant coup in South Carolina. Warren Tompkins, one of the key Republican strategists in the South, has signed on as Southeastern senior advisor to the ’08 GOP presidential hopeful’s Commonwealth PAC.
Tompkins grew up with Lee Atwater, was former Gov. Carroll Campbell’s chief of staff and played a big role in both the elder and younger Bush’s presidential campaigns.
He hasn’t been so chummy with Gov. Mark Sanford, who supported Sen. John McCain in the tumultuous 2000 South Carolina Republican primary. McCain has made strides in consolidating his position in South Carolina since that defeat, but this announcement signals that this key ’08 contest is far from a done deal.
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By RAC
November 29, 2006 9:26 AM | Link to this
This is totally pointless, but what is “Mitt” short for?