“They’re two peas in a pod. I think it may be because Huckster is trying to steal Romney’s act.”
Because they are only two peas in the same pod to you, not to me. The Huckster has had ethical problems (like swiping furniture from the Gov House, and other misuse of funds), the Huckster supports tuition for illegals, Mitt doesn’t, the Huckster would legalize illegal aliens, Mitt would not, the Huckster is like George Bush in that he has a messianic bent and Mitt does not, the Huckster has no background other than as Gov of an extremely small state that spawned Bill Clinton (from the same city of Hope they both are), and Mitt was CEO of a major company that he started, was a Gov, saved the Olympics and made it into a money making event, has an MBA and is a good capitalist, and hasn’t spent his career living off the public dole. There, enough said, as I’m tired now, and don’t feel like writing an epic.
Both men left their state parties in shambles. Huckster had a flourishing and expanding state GOP that was on its way from 1/3rd of the legislature and 1/2 of the federal delegation and left it with “1” federal member, a shrinking percent of the legislature and zero statewide officeholders, essentially the weakest point it has been in the past 35 years. The similarities between the two is uncanny. Of course, the AR GOP can still rise again and will still vote GOP next year for President. But Romney drove the stake through the heart of what was left of the MA GOP. His experience in whatever else doesn’t matter, because the ultimate judge is what he did AS an elected official and party leader. He literally killed it, and it will take DECADES to restore the damage he and Weld did to it, if not longer. If Romney had gotten elected Governor of Utah, he’d have turned THAT state Democrat in short order. Scary as hell.