Amid all the reports on how McCain won / will win the Republican nomination (Politico said he triumphed in the "character contest") comes a piece from Time on the all-round attacks on Romney.
"It was very common for emails to be flying around between the Thompson, McCain and Giuliani campaigns," says the former Thompson staffer, "Saying, 'No matter what happens with us, we all need to make sure it's not him.'" [...] In some cases, the attitude even extends to the top of the campaigns. The night of the Iowa caucuses, after getting a congratulatory call from McCain, Huckabee told the candidate, according to aides: "Now it's your turn to kick his butt."
Another example of the disconnect between the Republican base and the candidates? On the one hand the Rush Limbaughs are backing Romney against McCain, but on the other any of those candidates they would presumably rather see as the frontrunner can't stand the guy.
