Romney Contest Winner is a Dem in Drag

DLC prez enters tongue-in-cheek Mitt ad, sweeps web voting

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 25, 2007 12:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – Candidates might want to think twice about wooing netizens by inviting them to make YouTube-style campaign ads and vote on their favorites. When Mitt Romney's people did it, the popular favorite was made by the president of the DLC. Bruce Reed's ad, a cheeky send-up of Mitt's struggle with his son's Democratic leanings, led in online viewings this morning by a 2-1 margin, Reed blogs in Slate.

No surprise that Romney ’08 declined to post the ad on the official contest site; evidently the sarcastic tale of reformed political apostasy wasn’t what Team Mitt had in mind. Even though the campaign director told Wired that the 10 winners would be based on "page views and viewer love," today it posted only nine finalists, and the most-loved was not among them.

Josh Romney, right, and Tagg Romney, sons of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, stand inside the motor home Josh Romney used to traveled 3,500 miles across Iowa as he visited all 99 counties,... (Associated Press)

Josh Romney, left, and Tagg Romney, sons of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, apply check marks Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007 in Urbandale, Iowa, to a map of Iowa mounted on the back of the motor home... (Associated Press)

Republican Candidates Take Part In Iowa Straw Poll (Getty Images)

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney greets supporters after hosting an "Ask Mitt Anything" town hall at Chapman University Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007, in Orange, Calif. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas) (Associated Press)

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