Bill Frist Aide to Lead Mitt Romney's Online Team

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a likely ’08 presidential candidate, has hired Stephen Smith to lead his online communications team. Smith most recently worked for Sen. Bill Frist at VOLPAC, where he oversaw the website and handled outreach to bloggers.

The tech-savvy Smith joins two other highly respected Republicans who recently signed on with Romney. Former RNC Research Director Matt Rhoades and Kevin Madden, who served as House Majority Leader John Boehner’s spokesman, form the nucleus of Romney’s likely campaign team.

A source with knowledge of Smith’s hiring said Smith will play a key role in the design of a campaign website, should Romney decided to run. Romney is spending the holidays with his family in Utah and plans to make a decision shortly thereafter.

At VOLPAC, Smith was responsible for coordinating Frist’s interaction with bloggers, which included several one-on-one interviews, conference calls and a group meeting with bloggers that took place in the majority leader’s office. Smith was also responsible for several activism projects on VOLPAC’s site, such as Blogging for Bolton. He advised Frist to endorse Rightroots, the online grassroots fundraising effort that raised nearly $300,000 for conservative candidates.

Read the full story at Human Events.

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Will Team Frist Hop on the Romney Express?

Can Frist himself be far behind the “Romney Express” if his top campaign team is poised to hop on? According to the same source that tipped us on “Team Frist,””The Leader [what intimates call Frist] will back Mitt Romney, in part because he can’t stand John McCain.”

read the full story at The Right Angle on Human Events.

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Michigan 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination Polls

Some polls of intrest.

Michigan Poll (11/02/06)

16. For the 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination whom would you support? (Republicans Only)
John McCain 37%
Rudy Giuliani 24%
Mitt Romney 16%
Newt Gingrich 5%
Bill Frist 1%
George Allen 1%
George Pataki 1%
Rick Santorum 1%
Chuck Hagel 1%
Undecided 13%

Michigan Poll (11/06/06)

16. For the 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination whom would you support? (Republicans Only)
John McCain 33%
Rudy Giuliani 25%
Mitt Romney 17%
Newt Gingrich 6%
Bill Frist 1%
George Allen 1%
George Pataki 1%
Rick Santorum 1%
Chuck Hagel 1%
Undecided 14%

The results for the 4-day period:

John McCain -4%
Rudy Giuliani +1%
Mitt Romney +1%
Newt Gingrich +1%
Bill Frist 0%
George Allen 0%
George Pataki 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Chuck Hagel 0%
Undecided +1%



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That Veep thing, again

This one comes from the Austin American-Statesman.

Perry has been mentioned as a potential Veep candidate (mostly by supporters and a few staffers), but no public interest has so far surfaced. The latest rumor: He might pair up with Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

This is the 2nd time(that i'm aware of) that they have ran an article about a Mitt Romney/Rick Perry ticket.

Let's list a few of the people that could be Mitt Romney's VP:
1)Mitt Romney/Jeb Bush
2)Mitt Romney/Rudolph Giuliani
3)Mitt Romney/Matt Blunt
4)Mitt Romney/Condoleeza Rice
5)Mitt Romney/John McCain
6)Mitt Romney/Bill Frist
7)Mitt Romney/George Allen
And the list goes on...

Who do you want (and why) to be Mitt Romney's VP?

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Mitt Romney's Rising Poll Numbers!

A poll done by Strategic Vision Political asked the following question in Michigan:

"For the 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination whom would you support? (Republicans Only)"

John McCain 37%
Rudy Giuliani 22%
Mitt Romney 16%
Newt Gingrich 3%
Bill Frist 2%
George Allen 1%
George Pataki 1%
Rick Santorum 1%
Chuck Hagel 1%
Undecided 16%

Sen. Bill Frist introducing Mitt Romney

I wonder what Sen. Bill Frist will say?

Read about it at the Nashville City Paper.

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