Romney Will Not Seek Repayment for Contributions

Mitt Romney, unlike Hillary Clinton, will not seek reimbursement from donors for his campaign contributions during the primary this year. But according to the Boston Globe, this is a bad thing.

Some analysts said McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, might undermine his reform message if he picks someone who bankrolled so much of his own campaign.

‘‘Democrats would use it as an issue,’’ political analyst Stuart Rothenberg said today. ‘‘They would they try to undermine his reputation as ‘Mr. Reformer.’ "

He said it might also undercut McCain’s effort to criticize Democratic rival Barack Obama for switching his position and rejecting public financing for the general election.

This is obviously going overboard. Does anyone really care if Romney financed his own campaign? I don't recall anyone mentioning this when John Corzine bought his $50 million Senate seat or when the MSM speaks giddily about the ability of Michael Bloomberg to spend up to $1 billion in a potential Bloomberg-Obama campaign. Once again, it appears that the Globe is trying to create a moral equivalence between McCain's campaign finance message and the flip-flop of Obama.