Iowa

Samizdata schreibt:

„Former Governor ‘Mitt’ Romney ran a series of ‘contrast ads’ against former Governor Mike Huckabee in Iowa.

The ads claimed that Mike Huckabee had vastly increased government spending and taxation in Arkansas (whereas he claims to have cut taxes) and that he went around handing out every possible government benefit to illegal immigrants – whereas he pretends to be tough on illegal immigration. Every word of the Romney attacks on Huckabee was true – so why did they not work?

It is a simple matter – the source of the attacks. ‘Mitt’ Romney also increased taxes when he was Governor of Massachusetts, although he called the taxes „fees“ (hence one of his nicknames, Governor „Fee Fee“). True he did not increase taxes nearly as much as Mike Huckabee did, but…

And on government spending – Governor Romney left Massachusetts with a new entitlement program. Universal health care – the costs and fines connected with this program will go up and up over time, as such things always do. And „but my plan is not as bad as the Hillary Clinton plan“ is not really a good defence. [...]

So why did not Romney’s attacks work on Huckabee?

Simple – people who are not wearing any clothes do not get any credit for pointing out that other people are naked.

Little Miss Attila: “Among the actual GOP/semi-GOP candidates, Romney came in first, followed by Thompson, and then McCain. I can totally live with that. So once people see that the evangelical doesn’t have any clothes, the situation should fall right into place.”

Michelle Malkin: “Ok. Now that Barack Obama has won a resounding victory in 94.9 percent white Iowa, will the MSM and the Dems stop yammering about racist, un-diverse voters already?”

John Podhoretz: “With no one especially strong on the Republican side through the first few states, the Giuliani strategy of betting it all on Florida on January 29 and the big states on February 5 is looking better than it did a week ago.”

(via Pajamas Media)