Thread: Update: REP. KING ENDORSES THOMPSON, not Romney

REP. KING ENDORSES ROMNEY
Posted: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:18 AM by Mark Murray

From NBC/NJ's Carrie Dann
And the endorsements keep coming... Congressman Steve King (R), one of Iowa's most strident critics of illegal immigration and a champion of the state's rural conservatives, has endorsed Romney.

With a mere 17 days until the Iowa caucuses, King's endorsement may resonate with conservatives in the western part of the state. King had fostered a close relationship with longshot candidate Tom Tancredo, who shares his strong anti-illegal immigration views. But speculation yesterday was that the much-revered (in some circles) congressman wanted to make a splash by endorsing one of the race's front-runners.

King's endorsement of Romney could serve to further the Massachusetts governor's case against Huckabee, whom Team Romney hopes to paint as weak on immigration

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/ ... 20622.aspx

There seems to be some confusion Michelle Malkin is reporting that King endorsed Thompson.

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/12/17/ne ... -thompson/
hompson.

You're right, looks like there was intitial confusion and King endorsed Thompson instead. I'll change the title of this thread.

*** UPDATE *** King just announced that he's supporting Thompson. Team Romney is in the back of the room looking bewildered. They were all here, leading all the press to conclude that it was an endorsement for Romney.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/ ... 20622.aspx

Its Thompson, Fox just annopunced it!