Romney, Thompson Go Negative

Neither Romney nor Thompson will concede the conservative vote to Huckabee.

A Romney mailer goes after four rivals--but for the first time, goes after Huckabee by name. The mailer targets Huckabee's support for the so-called "dream act," a proposal (which has been made in Iowa as well) to give state-supported college scholarships to children of illegal aliens.

This idea is not popular. A mailer I received from Ron Paul even proposes disallowing citizenship status of children of illegal aliens born in the US.

Meanwhile, Thompson has launched a TV ad firing a double shot at both Romney (for his shifting stance on abortion) and Huckabee (for past statements on taxes).

By the way, this writer will not bemoan "negative campaigning" on this blog. While I will dispute factually untrue statements (or what I call "selective use of the truth" to distort a record) I never oppose a vigorous debate over ideas.

What do I mean by selective use of the truth? In a past campaign, an opponent of mine issued an ad saying I had voted against special education funding. True--in part. I had rejected an 11.3 million dollar increase to vote in favor of a 9.3 million dollar increase which fit within the budget. Tough choice, I know--but I certainly wasn't anti-special ed.