Romney press clippings

Ahead of a Republican presidential straw poll in Spartanburg, S.C., tonight a number of voters there received a six-page negative mail piece attacking former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney about his Mormon faith and his changing positions on abortion, gay rights and gun control.

The Columbia, S.C. paper The State reports the mailing and a follow up e-mail were sent anonymously.

The campaign tactic was similar to the nasty campaigning in 2000 where Arizona Senator John McCain was the victim.

Part of the email read “Those dark suspicions you hide deep inside yourself about Mormonism are trying to tell you something. Trust your instincts!"

In a different story, Romney told a conservative website that he believes the media are out to get him and that that is a sign he is the conservative candidate.

"I think it proves that the media has determined who the conservative candidate is, because they're going after me with hammer and tong and that's the way you would expect to go after the conservative candidate," said Romney to CBNNews.com. "I'm proud of the fact that the mainstream media isn't wild about my candidacy and that's why I'm going to win."