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Bostonist has been saying for a while that Mitt Romney, eyes firmly focused on the District of Columbia, has given up trying to please Massachusetts so as to curry favor out of state. What we've been wondering, though, is whether the conservative Republican powers that be will embrace his new-found conservatism or find it suspiciously opportunistic. Won't they look at his history here in Mass., we ask ourselves, and doubt his commitment to the cause? Maybe not: it seems like when people look at Mitt from Washington, they just don't notice his meandering ideological record here in Massachusetts. Case in point: No sooner has the Atlantic Monthly announced its departure from Boston for the warmer climes of D.C. than it produces an article that practically gushes about Romney's presidential chances. more ›