Romney stumps for Toomey

Timothy McNulty | October 12, 2009

Pat Toomey will pick up the endorsement from Mitt Romney -- the former Mass guv who is poised to run again for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 -- tomorrow morning in Philadelphia. (Romney is currently the frontrunner for the nom, argues this opinion piece in The Hill.)

From the strange bedfellows department, CNN says Toomey wasn't always the biggest Romney fan (via GrassrootsPa):

It's a move that marks the progress Romney has made in shoring up bonds with some key conservative constituencies. Just over two years ago, with Romney's presidential effort in full swing, Toomey raised questions about the former Massachusetts governor's record on fiscal issues.

"Governor Romney's economic record contains a mixture of pro-growth accomplishments and some troublesome positions that beg to be explained," the then-Club for Growth president said in a statement, listing the group's concerns but giving the presidential candidate his conditional approval.

Still, in February of last year, after it became clear McCain had effectively beaten Romney to capture the GOP presidential nomination, Toomey penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed naming solid economic conservatives he thought the Arizona senator should consider as his running mate. Not on that list: Mitt Romney.