GOP hopefuls get feisty on eve of debate

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Source: Nashua Telegraph

Published: Tuesday, Jun. 5, 2007

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Over the past two months, three candidates – Arizona Sen. John McCain, ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney – have taken turns grabbing the front-runner mantle among likely voters in New Hampshire. Giuliani leads most national polls, which hold little significance at least a half year before anyone heads to the polls.

Mired in the second tier, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback fired an early attack on Romney on Monday for refusing to equate abortion with murder.

“Mitt Romney’s flip-flops on abortion throughout the years make more sense now,” Martin Gillespie, Brownback’s political director, wrote in a statement issued Monday.

“Every different Romney flip-flop on abortion has coincided perfectly with the most politically expedient position of the campaign he was in.”

Romney said states should set their own policy regarding restrictions on abortion. As governor, Romney admitted he respected the long tradition of a woman’s abortion right in his home state until a debate over the use of stem cells moved him to aggressively pursue an anti-abortion policy.

McCain sought to go on the offensive Monday by giving a spirited pitch for the immigration bill that has President Bush’s support during a speech in Virginia.

“The most difficult problem is what to do about the 12 million or more undocumented workers who live and work here now,’’ McCain began.



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1. I wonder if we'll see a repeat of the Paul/Guiliani flair-up?

It certainly would make things at least somewhat interesting.