“He pretty much ticked off the party with his dismal record of anti-coattail riding. How many lawmakers did the Romney revolution produce? One?”
That’s a load of hoakus. Romney spent hours upon hours of his own time recruiting new Repubilcan candidates in 2004 and spent millions of his own money campaigning for these politicians in 2004.
I dare ask how many other politicians running have done the same? The obvious answer is zero, of course.
And the results? The usual as of late with Massachusetts: a massive victory for Democrats. I suppose Romney should have repeated the effort in 2006 in a year when it was obvious that the tide was high for Democrats and low for Republicans. Just tossed his money and his time away into nothingness...
I’m afraid Mass doesn’t take the state’s well-being all that seriously until the disaster siren is blaring loudly across the bay...
“The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.
The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to New Hampshire Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.”
- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006
“Romney arrived on the scene with great promise,
but is leaving the Republican Party here in shambles.
Not only are the Republicans yielding the governor’s office
for the first time in 16 years, but registered Republicans
have fallen by 31,000 since Romney took office,
and their legislative presence is at historic lows.
But it worked out fine for him:
He is now chasing the prize he really covets, the presidency.”"
- Boston Globe 11/8/2006
I watched it happen. Romney did bust his hump. Regressive Massachusetts voters clung to their Democrats...again.