"Republican Mike Huckabee also joined the Romney-bashing yesterday."
"Frank slams Romney as a potential vice president
The Democratic Party enlisted Congressman Barney Frank yesterday to skewer fellow Bay Stater Mitt Romney in its series of events to discredit potential Republican vice presidential picks.
Romney has been one of the most enthusiastic surrogates of John McCain, who bested him for the nomination. Frank, however, called Romney the "most intellectually inconsistent politician" he has ever known, citing the former Massachusetts governor's changes of position on abortion, gay rights, and other issues.
Romney ran against Senator Edward M. Kennedy from the left in 1994, was a moderate as governor, and moved further to the right during the Republican primaries, Frank said. Romney will "say whatever he thinks will win the next election," he said. "This man has zigzagged extraordinarily."
John Walsh, head of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, piled on, calling Romney a "disaster" for the state as governor and describing Romney's "gyrations" on the abortion issue as being of "Olympic proportions."
Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom responded: "It shouldn't surprise anyone that bitterly divisive Democrats like Barney Frank don't have anything good to say about Republicans. Fair-minded people look at Mitt Romney and see a strong leader, a man of character and integrity who was elected as governor at a time of job loss and recession and who managed to balance the budget all four years without raising taxes and get the Massachusetts economy moving again."
Well, he's right about Frank's divisiveness; however, let's not turn him into St. Mitt!!!!
But fellow Republican Mike Huckabee also joined the Romney-bashing yesterday. "I think there are better choices for Senator McCain that have the approval of value voters," the former Arkansas governor, who also sought the nomination, said on Fox News Network. "The issue is that in many ways, Mitt Romney has had very definite swings of position. Not just on one or two things, but on many of the issues (Boston Globe)."
