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Eschewing the moral self-righteousness of current Mass. Governor W. Mitt Romney, Patrick has assumed bold and principled positions. This is evident not only in economic matters, noting his support of lucrative and potentially life-saving stem cell research—which Romney refused to use public money to fund—but also in his approach to gay marriage and abortion rights. Proudly pro-choice, Patrick is also a staunch supporter of equal marriage rights, including the right of out-of-state couples to marry in Massachusetts, even if their marriages will not be legitimized in their home states...
...Patrick responded that cutting income taxes would require an increase in property taxes, adding that Healey and Gov. Mitt Romney had raised state fees by more than $700 million to avoid increasing taxes...
...Healey’s strategy of attacking Patrick’s fiscal policies while emphasizing her socially liberal positions—she is pro-choice and favors stem cell research—failed to gain traction, even though Romney and former governors Paul Cellucci and William F. Weld ’66 had employed similar strategies successfully...
...coming national figure whose reputation could be on the line in all this is Massachusetts' outgoing Governor Mitt Romney, one of the party's brighter 2008 presidential prospects. As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Romney raised a record $20 million in the first three quarters of the year (the previous high mark was $18 million in 2004). But with the Republicans' poor showing in the governors' races, some of the blame will fall on Romney...
...younger voters. He said he will promote lower housing costs and increased government services to keep recent graduates in Massachusetts after college. He also told students that he will push for increased funding for state colleges and universities. A social liberal, Patrick clashes with current Republican governor W. Mitt Romney over stem cell research and gay marriage. Patrick has said he will create incentives to promote stem cell research as a means of improving Massachusetts’ economy, and said he opposes a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Patrick, who graduated...