While President George W. Bush has maintained neutrality among contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, he privately expresses to friends his exasperation with Mitt Romney's hard-line stance on immigration.I'm so mad I don't know what to say. This is outrageous! I hope people vote for Romney purely out of spite.
Bush is upset that Romney changed his position on the issue, compared to what it had been when he was governor of Massachusetts, at the expense of the president's immigration reform. Bush and Sen. John McCain are not close, but the president is grateful for McCain's support on Iraq and immigration.
A footnote: The president's younger brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has not endorsed any presidential candidate. But he and his political allies were behind Romney's losing effort in last Tuesday's Florida primary.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Bush Against Romney Because of Immigration?
Robert Novak reports that President Bush won’t support Mitt Romney because he changed his mind about the amnesty bill.
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That pretty much sums up the Bush 43 Presidency. With W there is no conservative vs. liberal, virtuous vs. vicious. There is only those loyal to W vs. those not loyal to W. See, e.g., the Harriet Myers fiasco, the Tenet fiasco, the Rumsfeld tenancy at sufferance...
He could have been a great president if had simply gotten over himself.
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