As Republicans rally to unify behind the presumptive nominee Mitt Romney, the campaign’s allies are working to heal old wounds from the bruising primary fight. In the latest example, the pro-Romney “super PAC” Restore Our Future has scrubbed its YouTube account of all negative ads against Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.
As noticed by Politico, the group’s YouTube account now just has two advertisements: an attack on President Obama’s job-creating credentials and a rehashing of a 2008 ad about Mr. Romney saving a young girl gone missing in New York City. The former negative videos have been scrubbed from the group’s channel and made private on individual ad pages.
The super PAC had been one of the main attack dogs of the Romney primary campaign, critcizing Mr. Gingrich heavily in Iowa and Florida. The group then shifted its attacks to Mr. Santorum following his post-Iowa surge in the polls.
Mr. Romney’s campaign is expected to meet with Mr. Santorum this week to discuss a possible endorsement and ways in which the two former rivals can work together. Mr. Gingrich is expected to formally withdraw from the race this week.
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