Romney Assembles Wide-Ranging Team

By: Thomas Burr

The Salt Lake Tribune

Monday, Dec 04, 2006

One is a top Iowa lawmaker, another a South Carolina political strategist and a third is a former spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.

All have signed on as part of Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's political team in anticipation of his presidential bid.

The Republican is expected to announce in January he will run for the White House, and he's already assembling a far-flung team. The list includes some big names who combined have decades of experience running presidential and other high-profile political races.

"I think he's been able to attract to his team some really top-notch people," says Iowa House Speaker Christopher Rants, a Romney supporter and adviser. ... View Entire Article

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