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How much longer until Mitt Romney decides whether to lose a bid for the white house or a bid for reelection? Because Bostonist is starting to feel like the matronly society wife in an old-time comedy of manners who married a philanderer for the economic and social benefits and now must stoically turn a blind eye to his dalliances with young showgirls (or primary states, as the case may be). Maybe we should create a regular feature with a snappy name to keep track of Mitt's nascent campaign ("Road to Not Getting the Republican Nomination").
We learn today from the Globe that our dear governor, although his proto-campaign leases space in the Hancock Tower with a view that the common man can't enjoy, is once again far away from Clarendon Street, talking to the uber-conservative Heritage Foundation in D.C. about the need to keep closer track of foreigners and Muslims in the United States. What more is there to say about Romney's habit of traveling the country making policy announcements that won't fly in his home state? It's hard for our little state, being the stepping stone for ambitious men with big hair dreams.
The speech did have some highlights: Bostonist liked when Romney said, "How many individuals are coming to our state . . . from terrorist-sponsored states?" because it sounded like he was implying that other U.S. states are sponsored by terrorists (Rhode Island, maybe? Delaware?). Also, it was deliciously ironic when Romney implicitly criticized the governor of Louisiana for not taking a leadership role in responding to Hurrican Katrina. "In my state, it's me," the Globe reports that Romney said. "The governor's in charge. I got it." He said this, remember, from a distance of nearly 500 miles.
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Wow, another Far Left Wing kook website, out of the mainstream and oblivious to it all. Keep it up, when dolts like you, Michael Moore, MoveOn.org, Al Franken, etc. spew your stupidity, it confirms voters beliefs that Liberals and Democrats cannot be trusted to lead the country anywhere but into the sewer. Don't stop!
Well of course we're out of the mainstream - we're in Massachusetts! That's the whole point here: It's not that Romney's policy announcements are bad per se (although I obviously think they are), it's just that they're so far from the views of the majority in the state he putatively represents, and so clearly aimed at an out-of-state audience. My being a Far Left Wing kook (to use your flattering but unnecessary capitalization) has nothing to do with it. The issue is that Mitt Romney, though he may play well in Peoria, is, in your words, "out of the mainstream and oblivious to it all" in his home state.