{"id":350,"date":"2007-06-13T23:09:47","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T05:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=350"},"modified":"2007-12-09T07:24:28","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T14:12:28","slug":"hugh-hewitt-addresses-wednesday-morning-club-about-2008-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=350","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Hewitt Addresses Wednesday Morning Club About 2008 Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEVERLY HILLS: Radio talkshow host and author Hugh Hewitt<\/a> told 120 people at the Four Seasons Hotel that a Mitt Romney – Rudy Giuliani would be a strong Republican ticket and he didn’t care much which person would be nominated for president.<\/p>\n

Click here to listen.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here for more information about the Wednesday Morning Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By a show of hands, 60% of the crowd supported Giuliani for president and 30% supported Romney. John McCain had no support. Hewitt said McCain had no support among Republicans generally.<\/p>\n

Hugh said that Giuliani and Romney were both "coiled energy."<\/p>\n

Hugh praised Tony Blair’s June 12 speech on the media.<\/a><\/p>\n

"The more people know about Romney, the more they resent attacks on his [Mormon] faith."<\/p>\n

Nobody in the crowd has a poor impression of Fred Thompson.<\/p>\n

"It’s about being ‘Not Bush’ in 2008."<\/p>\n

The race for the Republican presidential nomination will be over by Feb. 2, Hewitt predicted.<\/p>\n

"Newt Gingrich has a written and verbal record that precludes a serious run for president of the United States."<\/p>\n

"We’ve reached [in 2004] the highwater mark for Republicans. I don’t know where we’ll find more Republicans."<\/p>\n

At the lunch, I sat next to Los Angeles Daily News columnist Bridget Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hewitt’s latest book is A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every American Should Know about Mitt Romney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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