Mitt Romney In Mass.: The Lost Years - Politico

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Mitt Romney in Mass.: The lost years
By: Glenn Thrush - Politico
May 23, 2012 07:12 PM EDT

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Michael Dukakis wouldn’t stop talking about the “Massachusetts Miracle” during the 1988 campaign.

These days, it’s a minor miracle when the word “Massachusetts” passes from Mitt Romney’s lips for more than a fleeting moment — and the presumptive GOP nominee seldom expounds on his four highly consequential years as a moderate Republican lording over an unruly pack of Bay State liberals.

By choosing to emphasize his experience as a can-do businessman who ran the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and Bain Capital, Romney is shielding himself from the charge that he’s a hidden centrist who passed the nation’s most sweeping local health care reform bill, supported abortion rights and closed tax loopholes for the rich.

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“It is kind of interesting that the four years he was here are kind of gone from the résumé, isn’t it?” said Ronald Mariano, the Democratic majority leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. “It’s amazing. If you were a recruiter or a human resources person, the first thing you ask is, ‘What are the gaps in the résumé?’ Well, with Romney, Massachusetts is that gap.”

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Democrats, including Patrick, say such claims should be measured against what they claim is Romney’s subpar performance in Massachusetts.

“He doesn’t talk about his time as governor because it doesn’t tell the story he is selling,” Patrick said. “We were 47th in job creation. … I don’t think he’s a bad guy, and he’s always been good to me, … but the whole host of reforms folks have talked about for decades — he didn’t get ’em done, we got ’em done.

“Mr. Fix It didn’t fix it.”

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[Retrograde]

1. So, religion is off the table, Bain is off the table

now it seems like Romney wants Massachusetts to be off the table - what's left? He's not keen on talking about the Olympics either.

[iemitsu]

4. how about romney and family pets?

what's his position on the treatment of dogs, for example.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. How can this asshole be neck and neck wih Obama?

His record in Massachusetts is a disaster. His tenure at Bain proved that he's not a job creator. His management of the 2002 Olympics relied on the Bush Administration's fortuitous $300 million taxpayer bailout that saved his ass and saved the Olympics. This guy is the worst Republican Presidential nominee I've ever seen.

[WillyT]

3. I Hear Ya... But It Depends On What Metric You Are Using At Any Given Time... Look Here:

Link: http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map?hw

As of this moment in calculation...