Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was accused by former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee of engaging in voter suppression by arguing that a vote for Huckabee is a vote for John McCain.
“I don’t think he’s chosen the right word,” Romney said at a press conference in regards to Huckabee’s accusation. He then added: “It’s not voter suppression. I want people to vote, but I want them to vote for me. That’s sort of the nature of politics, as I understand it.”
In the past few days prelude to Super Tuesday, Romney avoided responding to attacks coming from Huckabee. Romney seeks to portray this fight as a two-man race between himself and McCain. But, Romney would hit Huckabee back.
“First a couple of rules in politics,” Romney explained. He would say: “One: no whining. And number two: you get them to vote for you and so I want them not to vote for Mike Huckabee and not to vote for John McCain and to vote for me … that’s not voter suppression. That’s known as politics.”
He was flanked by former Senator Rick Santorum, R-Pennsylvania. Santorum would make his case on why Mitt Romney is the choice of voters who want a Republican nominee who is conservative.
“The reason I got in this race is I wanted to make sure a conservative got elected,” Santorum explained. He added making his case for Mitt Romney by saying: “I’ve been saying for a year that it isn’t John McCain. I think more and more people are coming to that conclusion – that it’s not John McCain. The alternative – the only alternative – to stop the McCain ‘Twisted Talk Express’ is Mitt Romney.”
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