just so we can avoid blaming poor Mitt for things that aren't really his fault (not that anyone else will)....his judicial appointments have to make it by the Governor's Council, which is (and has been, for years) made up of eight Democrats, plus the Lt. Governor. That's 8-1. Imagine trying to get conservative judges through a Senate where the Dems had a 87-13 advantage.
I suppose we could blame him for not getting any Republicans elected to the council, but that's a different issue.
Mitt Romney CHOSE radical gay marriage activist homosexual liberal Democrats to submit to the Governor's Council.
How is that not his fault?
What was his thought process there? "Well, most of my judicial nominations will be liberal Democrats, because this is a state of liberal Democrats, and the Governor's Council will be happy with liberal Democrats. But how can I add a little bit of conservative flare to the courts? Hey, I know, I can choose some gay marriage activist liberal Democrats to make the rest of my liberal Democrat selections look conservative by comparison!
As Massachusetts Governor, I was faced with a liberal Governor's Council that wouldn't be happy unless most of my judicial selections were liberal Democrats.
So I gave them what they wanted.
Now I'm in a Republican primary and I'm hearing that you want strong originalist conservative jurists on the Federal bench.
I'm prepared to tell you whatever you want to hear.