Was Reagan “unelectable”? I suppose Guliani, Romney are not though..huh?!
At a speech in Davie Monday hosted by the conservative Federalist Society, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney defended passing over GOP lawyers for judicial appointments.
Of the 36 lawyers Romney nominated when he was governor of Massachusetts, 23 were registered Democrats or independents who donated to Democratic candidates or voted in Democratic primaries, according to an analysis by the Boston Globe that was circulated by rival Fred Thompson. Two appointees supported expanding gay rights.
He would not have the support of today's purists and evangelicals were he to run under another identity.