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Foreign Pro Liz Cheney Joins Romney Campaign

Posted Jan 28, 08 3:00 CST in Politics 

(Newser) – GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s campaign got an injection of foreign policy expertise yesterday from the vice president’s daughter. Liz Cheney, a State Department official responsible for Mideastern and North African initiatives, will be Romney's senior foreign policy adviser, FOX News reports. Cheney had been a co-chair of Fred Thompson’s failed campaign. Romney, meanwhile, joined the scramble in Florida ahead of tomorrow's important primary.

Despite the high-stakes, high-tension race, many candidates opted for a more casual tone. The usually uptight Romney shucked his starched blue suit, donning a long-sleeved guayabera at a Cuban-American event. And Mike Huckabee ribbed the former Massachusetts governor for peeling the skin off his fried chicken. “If you’re not gonna eat the skin, don’t bother calling it fried chicken,” Huckabee quipped.
Sources:: Fox News, New York Times, CBS

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Wearing a guayabera shirt, Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, pauses during a speech at a campaign stop at the Jorge Mas Canosa Youth Center in Sweetwater, Fla., Sunday,...   (Associated Press)
Liz Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney%u2019s daughter and former co-chair of Fred Thompson%u2019s presidential campaign, has signed on as a senior foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney%u2019s campaign,...   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., meets with waitresses as he makes a campaign stop at American Pie pizzeria in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)   (Associated Press)
Seen through a window, Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, plays with his 20-month-old grandson Parker Romney before a campaign event at Jorge Mas Canosa Youth...   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, speaks to supporters at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008.(AP Photo/Butch Dill)   (Associated Press)
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