In a state whose legislature is 85% democrat with a similar composition in the electorate, Romney pushed MA as far to the right as it would go. His effort was nothing short of commendable. Given the hand he was dealt, do you honestly think you could have done better?
In a state whose legislature is 85% democrat with a similar composition in the electorate, Romney pushed MA as far to the right as it would go. His effort was nothing short of commendable. Given the hand he was dealt, do you honestly think you could have done better?"
We're not talking about me: I'm not running for the presidency. So homosexual marriage and socialized medicine are "as far to the right as it would go?" Wow! I'd hate to see what would've happened if he hadn't really been making an effort!
Will I support Governor Romney if he is nominated by the GOP? Probably, since he seems slightly better than Hillary. Do I want him (a Summer Soldier of Conservatism) to be the nominee? Not at all. I will say that he would be preferable to Rudy, but just barely. Oh, btw, the more he compares himself to President Reagan, the more he puts off someone like myself, who KNEW Mr. Reagan.
~”Given the hand he was dealt, do you honestly think you could have done better?”~
Those who criticize Romney on this score will argue that he should have -tried- to do better, even though they acknowledge that this would have resulted in him doing nothing.
Such people, IMO, need to learn more about the virtues of the Demoncrats’ tactic of incrementalism. Reagan, for example, was very good at it; many conservatives, though, tend to be so inflexible that they refuse to take the slice when they can’t have the whole cake.