Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:<\/p>\n
* Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), whose 2008 support would be a coup for any GOP contender, seems to favor Mitt Romney and has been steering some of his closest advisers<\/a> to the former Massachusetts governor’s campaign. “Governor Bush said, ‘Before you commit, I want you to meet Mitt Romney. He is the kind of guy you will like no matter what,'” said former Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings. “The governor was very candid about the fact that he really liked this guy.”<\/p>\n * Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has pledged to remain neutral in the Democratic presidential primaries, but Hillary Clinton found the next best thing, snagging the support of Reid’s oldest son<\/a>, Rory, as both the chair of her campaign in the Silver State and an adviser on Western issues. Harry Reid issued a statement over the weekend, reiterating his neutrality.<\/p>\n * The LA Times ran a piece<\/a> critical of Barack Obama today, arguing that he took too much credit in his autobiography for work that he did with others as a community organizer in Chicago. Obama’s campaign responded with a fact sheet<\/a> (.pdf) that seems to tear the LAT article apart.<\/p>\n * Mitt Romney admits that he voted for Paul Tsongas in the Democratic presidential primary in 1992, but can’t make up his mind about why<\/a>. Yesterday, he said he backed Tsongas because he’d be the weakest candidate against George H.W. Bush. Twelve years ago, Romney said he voted for Tsongas because he was from Massachusetts and he preferred his ideas to Clinton’s.<\/p>\n