Romney Goes Negative in Iowa

The Huffington Post has a story from the AP today that says Mitt Romney has decided to pull the trigger on attack ads. Romney is putting out a spot in Iowa attacking Mike Huckabee on immigration. The ad is in response to Huckabee's recent ascent in the polls, as well as an ad Huckabee is airing touting his immigration policy. The ad also tries to downplay Romney's shaky past on social conservative issues.

Romney seems like the 2008 election cycle's equivalent to the person in Risk who gets a hold of Europe early on. It looks nice at first, but then you realize you've put yourself in the cross hairs of every one of your opponents and you can't commit enough forces to win on any front. Romney was looking great this summer, but now he has different opponents attacking him on different political fronts. It's going to be very difficult for him to balance his campaign strategy anddefend against each of them.