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Romney campaign on back foot over Arizona immigration law
Source: The Guardian
Romney campaign on back foot over Arizona immigration law
Ewen MacAskill in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Monday 25 June 2012 22.59 BST
Mitt Romney's campaign managers were forced on the defensive on Monday after the Republican presidential candidate issued a vague and ambiguous response to the supreme court ruling on Arizona's tough anti-immigrant laws.
Romney appears caught between a desire not to alienate conservatives who adopt a hardline approach to illegal immigration and a need to court Latino voters.
Journalists travelling with the Romney campaign team pressed his staff for more specific answers than were on offer in a written statement issued earlier.
One of Romney's spokesmen, Rick Gorka, was asked about 20 times for the former Massachusetts governor's response to the justices' ruling during a flight to the state on Monday. He was asked in particular whether he accepted the supreme court ruling or whether he sided with Arizona.
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Ewen MacAskill in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Monday 25 June 2012 22.59 BST
Mitt Romney's campaign managers were forced on the defensive on Monday after the Republican presidential candidate issued a vague and ambiguous response to the supreme court ruling on Arizona's tough anti-immigrant laws.
Romney appears caught between a desire not to alienate conservatives who adopt a hardline approach to illegal immigration and a need to court Latino voters.
Journalists travelling with the Romney campaign team pressed his staff for more specific answers than were on offer in a written statement issued earlier.
One of Romney's spokesmen, Rick Gorka, was asked about 20 times for the former Massachusetts governor's response to the justices' ruling during a flight to the state on Monday. He was asked in particular whether he accepted the supreme court ruling or whether he sided with Arizona.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/25/romney-campaign-arizona-immigration-law
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