“And for someone living in Massachusetts, that took real courage. Much easier to just run as Democrat there, and much better chance of winning.
True he replaced a republican governor, that had just replaced a republican governor, that had just replaced a two term republican governor.
Before all those republicans they had three democrat governors, and before them two more republicans.
2 Democrat Governors before Slick Willie Weld, Dukakis and Ed King (Dukakis won in ‘74, lost in ‘78 to King, beat King in ‘82). King was a DINO who later became a Republican. King was the best and most Conservative Governor of MA in the past 50 years.