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...Brien’s campaign ads last October featured interviews with workers laid off from jobs at companies that were bought out by Romney??s investment firm, Bain Capital...
...Romney??s business background and outsider status give him “a fresh perspective and a clean eye” in government, according to Lt. Governor Kerry M. Healy...
...Romney??s opponents, from Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, D-Mass—whose position he challenged in 1994—to then-Treasurer of the Commonwealth and gubernatorial opponent Shannon P. O’Brien, have attempted to cast him as a hardhearted deal maker, insensitive to local constituents’ needs...
...Romney??s firm was engaged in venture capital—investing in firms with good business concepts in hopes of gaining a high return—and leveraged buyouts—targeting undervalued companies, improving inefficiencies in their workforce, and selling the companies’ shares to reap profits for investors...
...While Romney??s politics are at times frustratingly conservative, he is certainly qualified to address the graduating class. The petition contests his role as a public servant, citing his extensive private sector work in venture capital, and his lack of experience in the public sector. But Romney is not without public service credentials, having performed an admirable job as chair of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and he continues his work as governor of Massachusetts. And while his recent tenure is far from immaculate—refusing to reconsider rescinding tax rollbacks while he cuts...