[SoConPubbie]

As to his Judge nominations, I have talkked with people who lived there during the Romney admin. The nomination and selection process is far different than at the federal level. There is a committe that oversees the whole thing that a Governor has to clear first, and then proceed to the Legislature.

Any even remotely conservative Judges Romney lined up were simply not approved. In the end, he had to get the best he could.

My point Jeff is that there is always an excuse for the bad behavior of Mitt Romney.

If it were you, me, or any other actual Republican with any type of principles we would never have gone along.

Mitt Romney had a choice, he, like you are doing with this issue, excused his bad choice by pointing fingers at someone else.

He could have just said no on principle alone and left the nominations for the next Governor, he chose to lie about the process and blame someone else, just like he did on "Gay" Marriage.

On that matter he refused to be a Man, and take up his responsibility both to his position, the people of MA, and ultimately his god, and wimped out, again, blaming someone else for his own failings.

[Jeff Head]

There you go again, SoCon, insulting someone who is trying to have reasoned dialog with you. I am not excusing my “bad choice.”

I do not agree with your choice, but it is yours to make and I know you love this country, and understand why you are making it, so I will not insult you over it. Try and recipprocate.

In fact, I am not excusing anything, I am poiting to the reality of the situation as it is on the gound based on my own research (remember the vetoes?) and on conversations with strong conservative people I know and trust who were there in Mass at the time.

Of course you and I would not have done those things Romney did...but then we would never have been elected governor there in any case for the same reasons. He moderated and was elected...and though his record from our perspective is far too moderate...I will tell you after my own research it is not nearly as bad and “evil” as some make it out to be, and it was better for Mass (according to the people who lived there) than what they otherwise would have had.

Now Romney says he has changed and has been campaigning for 6-7 years on a different set of positions.

Again, my point is simple...that condition is far better than what we will have with Obama.

We’re not going to get this back all at once, as much as you and I would like to...we’re going to have to fight and scrathc and claw and take the progress we can get when we can get it and then build on it and be discplined enough to get that progress and then hold onto it for dear life until we get more.

Sad it is that way...tragic for our nation...but it is the only path back that I see at this point.

God’s speed.