"since he came close to taking Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in 1994."
Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat, 1,266,011, 58.1%.
W. Mitt Romney, Republican, 894,005, 41.0%
Hoo-wee, that was a squeaker, all right. ;)
"that was a squeaker"
Not trying to rebut your argument, but, offhand, can you provide any other recent contests with Teddy that might have been closer? You or others may well have such info. At the moment, I am not otherwise pro or con on Romney.
""since he came close to taking Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in 1994."
Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat, 1,266,011, 58.1%.
W. Mitt Romney, Republican, 894,005, 41.0%
Hoo-wee, that was a squeaker, all right. ;)"
Kennedy's next opponent lost by 60 points. His previous one (88') lost by 32. Kennedy has beaten his opponents by, on average, over 40 points. So yes, losing by 17 to Teddy Kennedy in Massachussetts (13% Republican Massachussetts) after Kennedy brought in every single big name Democrat in the country when October polls showed him losing, is a political miracle not to be replicated in my lifetime.
In MA against Ted K that's about as close as anyone's gotten!
...Slick Willard...?
Fair enough, but it seemed like it might be close for a while. :)