Michigan state Rep. Fulton Sheen announced at a rally today that he is officially withdrawing his endorsement of Romney to endorse Huckabee. Sheen, who said he had served as a Michigan state chairman for Romney, pointed to the FairTax and his support of the Michigan FairTax ballot proposal as the main motivator for his decision. Romney does not support the FairTax and Huckabee does.
NBC/NJ's Erin McPike notes Romney walks a fine line on the Fair Tax. He's careful not to alienate these voters by saying, "it's not part of my presidential platform, but I'm willing to look at it because I think there are some good ideas there."
Huckabee crowds swell
After reports that Romney attracted crowds in the low hundreds yesterday while campaigning in Michigan, Huckabee's evening event seems all the more noteworthy. Although no news was made, and he played bass with another local band, the difference was in the crowd. More that 500 very enthusiastic supporters filled the upstairs of the Expo Center in Birch Run, forcing the planners to set up an overflow room on the first floor. The overflow room quickly filled with roughly 300 people, forcing the planners to set up a TV in the lobby. That's a fairly large crowd for four days before the primary.
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This is the end for Romney. He's fought a good race, but his scowls and negative ads and arrogance are not what the people want. Huckabee is firm on immigration (despite the negative attacks), firm on the Fair Tax (despite the negative attacks), firm on border control (despite the negative attacks), firm on crime (despite the negative attacks). Hey, is there a pattern here? Negativity isn't changing Huckabee's positions! What a great concept for politics: a man who doesn't shift with the wind.
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