Did Romney actually work with Democrats in Massachusetts,

[hedgehog]

or did he merely go along with a veto proof legislature while spending all his time readying his resume for a Presidential run?

[ywcachieve]

1. Word is, he did nothing as governor.

Even the health care was not his idea.

[bushisanidiot]

2. If by setting a record for vetoes you mean "work with" then yes.

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[hedgehog]

3. Oh, tell us more! Were the vetos overridden?

[bushisanidiot]

4. Yep. They were overriden. Romney was USELESS as governor.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/romneys-vetoes-seldom-stood?SESSb87f843615acbc1c9e2e2218ae9a1947=ysearch&page=full


""I know how to veto," Romney says in the ad, which began broadcasting nationally last week. "I like vetoes. I've vetoed hundreds of spending appropriations as governor."

That's true. But what the ad doesn't say is how ineffective the vast majority of Romney's vetoes were.

For example, in his last year as Massachusetts governor, Romney vetoed nearly 250 items in the state budget. All of those vetoes were overturned by the legislature, effectively removing Romney from the final stage of the state's budget process.

That outcome is consistent with much of Romney's veto record. Nearly all of Romney's vetoes - of bills that dealt with access to birth control, increased funding for state zoos, and the creation of a Massachusetts Asian-American commission, among other issues - were reversed by the legislature, sometimes by unanimous votes.

"He likes vetoes, but most of his were inconsequential," said Jim Rappaport, a former chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party and a frequent critic of Romney. "They were like writing in the sand: The waves came in and wiped them out.""