The Rockefeller WIng of the GOP is closing ranks behind Romney. John Sununu who used to White House chief of staff for Papa Bush, has endorsed Mitt Romney.
MANCHESTER — Former Gov. John H. Sununu on Monday will throw his considerable political influence behind Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
“I’m viewed as a good, solid conservative Republican and I’m supporting a good, solid conservative Republican,” Sununu said in disclosing his long-awaited endorsement.
In exclusive interview, Sununu said he narrowed his choice to Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, but was won over by what he views as Romney’s conservative approach to pressing domestic and national security issues.
He said the final component that persuaded him to back Romney was the former Massachusetts governor’s early October foreign policy speech at The Citadel in South Carolina.
“That showed me that he understands that the principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world,” Sununu said.
In the Citadel speech, Romney laid out a Wilsonian Progressive nation building agenda. That goes against Jacksonian Conservative principles. John Sununu is no Conservative. He’s a liberal just like Mitt Romney. The GOP elites are trying to shove Romney down our throats. Let’s stop them.
