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...Faith in Romney...
...history of anointing its candidates early, this rarely happens without a fight. "It's easy to throw the bombs," says G.O.P. pollster Tony Fabrizio. "It's tough to be the front runner every day." For McCain, the biggest potential threats at the moment appear to be Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who is getting good buzz on the right but is largely unknown even to Republicans, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who comes out ahead of McCain in many polls but has yet to begin building much of a campaign operation...
Five years ago, Romney swaggered onto the Massachusetts political stage a lionized celebrity. Fresh off the heels of his star turn as the efficient and corruption-free organizer of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he promised the citizens of Massachusetts that he wasn’t some Republican Party hack; he would emphasize a no-nonsense governing strategy, focusing on results instead of ideology. Then a funny thing happened: upon being sworn in as Governor, Romney decided that he pregerred campaigning to governing...
About a week ago, Romney went so far as to devote his final month in office to the task of eliminating gay marriage in Massachusetts. He announced to little fanfare that he would do everything in his power to force a referendum question regarding gay marriage onto the next statewide ballot. This final goal of Romney’s is highly symbolic of his inconsequential four years in office. In fact, it may be his most shameless exploitation of a wedge issue to pander to his party base since he brazenly pushed for a “foolproof?...
After four years of exploiting Massachusetts’s citizens to further his political ambitions, Romney should be making plans to sheepishly flee our fair state when his term expires. And originally, if the rumors that he had plans to mount his presidential campaign from Michigan are true, that was just what he was going to do. It doesn’t make sense strategically for Romney to remain in Massachusetts either. Instead of headquartering his campaign in arguably the most liberal state in the country – a state whose left-leaning values he has spent the last...