Seeking to contrast himself with Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney borrowed his words from a strange source for a Republican.

Speaking yesterday to a Nevada audience, Romney said: "I believe conservatives across the nation and particularly in states where I have been able to take my message — like Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina and Michigan and Florida and Nevada — that conservatives that have heard me time and again recognize that I do speak for the Republican wing of the Republican Party."

The late Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN) used to frequently describe himself as coming from "the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party," and Howard Dean famously used the same phrase throughout his campaign for president in the 2004 cycle.