How many Romneys are voting for Ron Paul?
Ron Paul听has earned - and trumpeted - the endorsements from smaller players, shall we say, in the national political scene.
There's the slew of low-level state party operatives and elected officials, of course, but then there鈥檚 his list of somewhat more colorful endorsers, including a current offensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns (Tony Pashos) and even a nephew to former Pennsylvania senator and presidential hopeful Rick Santorum.
Now, Ron Paul has racked up some of the most coveted (if a bit wacky) endorsers of all: people with the last name of Romney.
In two releases sent earlier today (Monday), the Paul campaign champions six members of the Romney clan who have endorsed his candidacy. (After an initial release touting five Romney backers, a second release noted a sixth, previously unaccounted for, Romney.) Three of those will speak as surrogates for the Paul campaign as Idaho voters go to the polls on Super Tuesday. One is 鈥渃urrently phone banking鈥� at Congressman Paul鈥檚 Boise, Idaho, headquarters.听
Among the group, one endorser is a second cousin once removed; two are first cousins to Romney鈥檚 father, George; one has a father who is Romney鈥檚 second cousin; one shares 鈥渃ommon ancestry鈥�; and there's one whose relationship to Romney is unclear beyond having the same last name.
Paul鈥檚 campaign suggests the endorsements are part of a powerful pattern: Ron Paul can win Mormon voters.
Concerning the active 鈥�Latter-day Saints for Ron Paul鈥� coalition, this announcement follows the high-profile endorsements of Overstock.com 辫谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟听, prominent author and chair of the Utah Tenth Amendment Center听, and that of Utah Republican Liberty Caucus chair听.听
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听All such announcements help present Ron Paul as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney and demonstrate that no presidential candidate has a monopoly on this crucial western states voter segment or even, for that matter, the Romney family.
Who has endorsed Mitt Romney recently, you might ask? How about House majority leader Eric Cantor (R) of Virginia. Romney and Paul go head to head in Virginia on Super Tuesday because the other candidates failed to qualify for the ballot - and .
Elsewhere, Romney picked up a nod from听Sen. Tom Coburn (R) of Oklahoma听as well. In Oklahoma, Romney likewise has a commanding lead over Paul,听.
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