Romney Flip-Flops on Massachussetts
Posted by Michael Link on June 18, 2007 at 03:46 PM
Mitt Romney has been running away from his home state of Massachusetts, which he governed for years, even bashing them in a 30-second ad. Because we've seen him talking trash about his state for the last few months, I was surprised to see that today Romney announced the Massachusetts Steering Committee.
But is this most recent flip-flop working? Here's an editorial yesterday from the Boston Globe:
Romney committed himself to pro choice policies and miscellaneous moderate social stands in order to run for office in Massachusetts, and with good political reason. It would be hard to imagine a pro life, anti-gay rights social conservative winning a Massachusetts governor's race. Once elected, Romney used Massachusetts as the launchpad he intended from the start. He began the dramatic political retooling that he hopes will win him the Republican nomination, then the presidency. [...] Such critics are forcing Romney to explain what he said as a gubernatorial candidate, and why. But Republican primary voters may also give Romney credit for speaking out against his home state now, as they question how much any single Republican could do to stop the liberal tide demonstrated by the gay marriage vote.Meanwhile, there's some poetic justice in the fact that whenever Romney looks in the rearview mirror, a Massachusetts liberal is not far behind.
Apparently Massachusetts isn't just going to sit back and take Romney's attacks.
