[RJCogburn]

he almost beat Ted Kennedy in 1994, without any political experience.

Is that so? I think I recall he seemed to be doing okay, put a bit of a scare into Teddy for a while, but lost by a large margin on election day.

[pt17]

put a bit of a scare into Teddy for a while, but lost by a large margin on election day

Ha, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition or Teddy Kennedy. Both are spoofs, one gets elected.

[SP67]

I concede that point, on election day Teddy did get the graveyard vote as usual...;)(I wonder if the Blonde in the Pond voted for him that time too?). But there was a point in that election that Romney gave Kennedy a serious scare.

[SamAdams76]

Mitt was in a virtual dead-heat with Chappaquiddick Teddy back in 1994 when the polls came out in September of that year. But Mitt let it slip away because he refused to go on the offensive, electing to run a "gentlemanly" campaign instead. This you do not do when you are up against the Kennedy mafia. Then in late October, Mitt overcompensated by traveling to a ghetto in Boston and proclaiming it "Kennedy Country." That backfired on him bigtime. I thought it was pretty good but a lot of Bostonians got their noses out of joint and Kennedy got some sympathy out of it. Also, I believe it was that campaign that Kennedy temporarily cleaned up his act. He lost some weight, got married to some younger girl and cut down on his drinking.