Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney joined the Republican contest this year by pitching himself as the only true conservative.
Now, he finds himself desperately trying to convince people that former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee -- a Baptist minister with a staunch pro-life record -- doesn't deserve that label more than he does.
As he began a week-long barnstorming of three early states by plane, Romney assailed Huckabee as a liberal, adding his own voice to television commercials and mailings that his campaign has begun churning out.
Romney told reporters that voters will conclude Huckabee has been "too liberal on immigration," "too liberal on crime" and that he has "too liberal of a spending record and too liberal of a tax record."
I think Romney is very cocky in saying that he's the only true conservative. He is nowhere near the lead in the Republican Party race. It's taking a cheap shot at Huckabee.
