From Newt Gingrich's campaign -
Rush Limbaugh: “Romney is not a conservative." --Rush Limbaugh Show, 10/14/2011
Rudy Giuliani: “There’s something wrong when you’ve been running as long as Mitt has and you’re at 25 percent . . . I’ve never seen a guy change his positions on so many things so fast.” --MSNBC, “Morning Joe,” Dec. 15, 2011
Mike Huckabee: “Here’s a man who didn’t hit political puberty in the conservative ranks until 60 years old. Here’s a guy who just ten years ago was saying, ‘Look. I’m an independent. I’m not for that Reagan-Bush legacy.’ And now he wraps himself in it. …Here’s a guy who despite what he says, his record was significant increases in fees...He is a recent convert to pro-life. He still doesn’t have a solid record on the Second Amendment...He may be saying conservative things now but he certainly wasn’t saying them until he ran for president.” --MSNBC, Jan. 31. 2008
Rick Santorum:
“I don’t call that compassionate conservative. I call it not conservative . . .”
--Sep. 29. 2011, RealClearPolitics.com
Steve Forbes:
“[Romney’s] capital gains [tax policy] is almost weaker than Obama’s because he fears he’ll be called a friend of the rich. . . . . [Romney] told the Wall Street Journal over the weekend that he’s in favor of a flat tax. That was news to me. Six months ago he’s still trashing it.”
--Boston Globe, Dec. 28, 2011
American Enterprise Institute:
“Many economic conservatives, including influentials such as CNBC’s Larry Kudlow and The Wall Street Journal’s Steve Moore, find Romney’s tax reform plan . . . stale and unimaginative, especially when compared to those of his rivals.”
--James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute
Arizona Republic:
“Romney and his supporters will protest, of course, that he does have conservative convictions. That, however, is difficult to accept. . . . [H]e will abandon conservative tax principles if he finds them politically inconvenient.”
--Columnist Rob Robb, Jan. 07, 2012
Townhall:
“ . . . the most left-wing Republican in the field. . .”
--Ben Shapiro, Townhall.com, Jan. 4, 2012
