ClydeR
08-30-2012, 08:55 PM
Romney has already appointed a former Utah governor, who happens to be a descendant of one of the founders of the Mormon church, to plan his transition into office after he wins the election. Premature?
As the Republican convention gets set to kick off Tampa, an internal power struggle is brewing within the Romney campaign. Unlike the general election (which has been described as a clash between Boston and Chicago), this battle symbolically pits Boston versus Salt Lake City. More specifically, some senior Romney aides — and conservative movement leaders (an odd alliance, to be sure) — worry that former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt is attempting a power grab.
The concern is that Leavitt, Romney’s choice to run his transition operation (known internally as the “readiness project”), is working to preemptively populate a future Romney administration with personal loyalists — that he’s building himself a fiefdom to run.
“It’s the Dick Cheney model,” one source harrumphed.
More... (http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/27/a-storm-is-brewing-inside-the-romney-transition)
As the Republican convention gets set to kick off Tampa, an internal power struggle is brewing within the Romney campaign. Unlike the general election (which has been described as a clash between Boston and Chicago), this battle symbolically pits Boston versus Salt Lake City. More specifically, some senior Romney aides — and conservative movement leaders (an odd alliance, to be sure) — worry that former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt is attempting a power grab.
The concern is that Leavitt, Romney’s choice to run his transition operation (known internally as the “readiness project”), is working to preemptively populate a future Romney administration with personal loyalists — that he’s building himself a fiefdom to run.
“It’s the Dick Cheney model,” one source harrumphed.
More... (http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/27/a-storm-is-brewing-inside-the-romney-transition)