Democrats Discuss Launch of the Mitt Romney Section of TheNextCheney.com Website

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Dave Woodward, Oakland County Commissioner from Michigan, and John E. Walsh, Chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party held a conference call to discuss the launch of the Mitt Romney section of the DNC's website, www.TheNextCheney.com. With speculation that Senator McCain may select Mitt Romney as his vice presidential running mate, the speakers made clear that Mitt Romney means more of the same politics and policies that America has gotten from Dick Cheney and the Bush administration.

The following are excerpts from the call:

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)

"I have never seen anyone so completely without any commitment to any particular principle and so willing to say whatever he thinks will help him win the next election. I think he's one of these people who assumes that politics is so completely without any scruples that you can get away with almost anything…on the environment, on matters of abortion, on gay rights, on virtually everything that I can think of, this man has zigzagged extraordinarily."

David Woodward, County Commissioner, Oakland County, MI

"We cannot afford any longer to continue on this track. We need a complete new direction. We need investment in people, an advocate that's going to fight for people and fight for our auto industry…(Mitt Romney) has embraced the failed Bush policies that have pretty much enabled our auto industry to die on the vine."

John E. Walsh, Chair, Massachusetts Democratic Party

"Having run as someone who would bring good business sense and good paying jobs to Massachusetts, in fact Massachusetts ranked 46th in job creation during his term, our employment conditions were behind national trends … 40,000 fewer people were working in Massachusetts when he left."