Fred Thompson: Mitt campaign has 'Drudge in their back pocket'

[DCBob]

from the Politico..

Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) on Sunday attacked Mitt Romney for "unseemliness and overkill" in his aggressive campaign against Newt Gingrich, the candidate Thompson has endorsed.

Romney's "modus operandi, basically, is to play Mr. Nice Guy until somebody gets close to him," Thompson said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "And then he unleashes his attack machine. And that's what happened in Iowa and it's what's happening in Florida."

Thompson said that a story in Sunday's New York Times depicts "Romney's staff ... patting themselves on the back, talking about how mean and down they are. How they've got Matt Drudge in their back pocket. And how Romney is in on all of it."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2012/01/fred-thompson-attacks-romney-campaign-for-having-drudge-112714.html

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Also take a look at the first comment:

"I have to agree and this is the first time I felt like the Drudge report was no longer reporting news but attempting to shape viewer's minds"

This is hilarious. Republicans finally realize Drudge is not a "news" site.

[JoePhilly]

1. I'm surprised that Fredhorn Leghorn had the energy to say anything.

[limpyhobbler]

2. That's really nothing to brag about.

[denem]

3. The first rule of a good campaign operation is not to talk about it,

especially when it come to the dark arts. Mitt's mob are amateurs.