Romney or bust

Mitt Romney makes a final push to take down surging Mike Huckabee before Thursday's Iowa caucuses.

I have to ask, are these really the issues the issues conservatives care about?: Romney's new Iowa ad accuses Huckabee of being at the helm of a big-spending government in Arkansas, providing college benefits to the children of illegal immigrants and issuing more than 1,000 pardons and commutations as governor. The ad also quotes Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice saying Huckabee's criticisms of President Bush's foreign policy were "ludicrous."

Big spending in Arkansas?! The too-compassionate conservative?