Huckabee launches attack on Romney

OSCEOLA, Iowa — In a stark change of tone just days before the Iowa caucus, former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas on Saturday unleashed a barrage of attacks on the credibility of his chief rival here, former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.
“If a person is dishonest in his approach to get the job, do you believe he will be honest in telling you the truth when he does gets the job?,” Mr. Huckabee said at a campaign stop in Osceola, Iowa, adding that he was escalating his attacks on Mr. Romney in part because of his disparagements of a third Republican rival, Senator John McCain, “an American hero.”
“It is enough to attack me but now to attack John McCain, it is like Mitt doesn’t have anything to stand on except to stand against, and I am saying enough is enough,” Mr. Huckabee said.
One of Mr. Huckabee’s latest ads in Iowa echoed similar themes.
“If you love negative campaigning, you’ve gotta be loving the last few days of this election. But if you love our country, you’ve got to be thinking, ‘Enough is enough,’” he says in a new spot, before calling ads released.

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