Romney: Rudy won't be pick
Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 4:26 PM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC/NJ’s Erin McPikeHILTON HEAD, SC -- Reporters pressed
Romney twice during a South Carolina swing on his reaction to Pat Robertson's endorsement of
Giuliani and
Brownback's support for
McCain.
Asked if Robertson's declaration of support for Giuliani would help bring social conservatives to the mayor's candidacy, Romney deadpanned, "Not at all." He then slammed Giuliani with, "I don't think the Republican Party will choose a pro-choice, pro-gay civil union candidate to lead our party."
He later dismissed Brownback's support for McCain as something that was to be expected. "Sen. Brownback and Sen. McCain have worked together a long time," he explained.
But it was Robertson's support that merited a longer explanation from Romney. He waved off the impact by pointing out that endorsement announcements are abundant at this point in the campaign and he can't win them all. Asked if he had met with Robertson, he conceded that he had spoken at the commencement ceremony at his university earlier in the year but said, 'that was, gosh, months and months ago."
He also defended his support from conservatives and evangelical Christians by pointing to his own endorsements from both Paul Weyrich and Bob Jones.
