One of the keys here at FR was to make sure not to mention how involved Romney was in the Brown campaign — although that should have been clear to everybody, since the campaign was being run by former Romney staffers, and Romney’s statewide organization was essential for Brown, who was a regional candidate.
Anyway, Brown was like a 2002 version of Romney, without the Mormonism. (Brown is Christian Reformed).
And patriotism. Brown was a Army officer, unlike the Mitt and six generations of Romney males, none who have ever, not once in two hundred years, worn a uniform. ( what's up with that? )