Huckabee Camp Statement on West Virginia Win

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE;

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

West Virginia Conservatives Reject "Conviction-less" Romney, Embrace Huckabee

Whining about his loss, Romney breaks his own "rules of politics" – just one more flip-flop

LITTLE ROCK-$86 million dollars later, Mitt Romney takes another hit from conservatives and flips again.

"Once again, conservatives have rejected Romney's conviction-less campaign," said Chip Saltsman, National Campaign Manager for Mike Huckabee. "No amount of Mitt's money is going to overcome what a growing number of Americans – and the Wall Street Journal – are seeing first hand: Mitt has no convictions at all."

In suggesting Mike Huckabee's win was a back room deal, Romney continued his weather-vane candidacy by breaking his own "rules of politics:" "one, no whining; two, you get them to vote for you."

"Whining about his loss is Romney's latest flip-flop," said Saltsman, "add this to his record of supporting abortion and gay marriage, supporting gun control, raising over $700 million in taxes – he called fees – and leaving his state with a billion dollar deficit."