He balanced their budget, he brought them out of the red. What you said does not make him a socialist. He gave Massachusets what they wanted and he forced them to balance their books. Some socialist.
You can stop repeating the talking points for his campaign, madam. I’ll inform you that it is part of the commonwealth law that MA must have a balanced budget. No Governor can take credit for that, since it is REQUIRED BY LAW. That means you’ve just made the argument that Democrats Michael Dukakis and Deval Patrick, also Socialist Governors like Willard, should be given the Republican nomination for President.
Not if he was booted from office with a 34% approval rating and had to give up his plan to run for a second term as he had announced.