This writer is clueless. The point of 1787 federalism was that one size would never fit all and that the federal government needed to be strong enough to do a few things and do them well while being limited enough not to do (or attempt) everything.
I wonder whether this writer is even aware that 1776 was not the beginning of federalism. In 1776, we declared independence from Britain. We didn't begin formulating a lasting government until 1783, and that government, the Articles of Confederation, didn't work. Federalism was a philosophy that started in the 1780's.
In advocating that each state devise a system that best meets that state's needs, Mr. Romney is not rejecting the federalism of our Founding Fathers. He is instead embracing that federalism. I wouldn't want to live under the system that Massachusetts has, but I wouldn't want to live under most Massachusetts laws. This guy may be trying to praise Mr. Romney, but he's getting the facts exactly backwards.
Mass is such a difficult state to run in sense Ted Kennedy machine has diluted so much of what resembles the founding history of America.
It makes you wonder if Teddy sold out after both his brothers were killed.
People have to remember that Mass voted twice for Reagan.