8/29: Too Close For Comfort

With Rudy Giuliani firmly ahead in nat'l polls, Mitt Romney has little room for error if he's going to turn early victories in IA and NH into a strong 2/5 finish. So far, Romney has run a tight and disciplined campaign that helps reinforce the 'competence' rationale. But that's what makes Sen. Larry Craig's (R-ID) connection to the campaign so damaging. The Blogometer is not tuned into rumors in Boise but there has long been blogger speculation that Craig could be a liability for a 'family values' focused-candidate like Romney. As much as it pains them to do so, in the future GOPers might want to invest some resources towards finding out if there is anything behind salacious blog rumors.