The editorial page of the Visalia Times-Delta in Southern California is a good example:Early indications are Mitt Romney is the pick. Karl Rove has been actively promoting Romney at every opportunity. And McCain/Romney photo ops are coming fast and furious. Romney's selection would go a long way to help McCain shore-up the support of conservatives who view him with a jaundiced eye. Finally, Romney, of all the candidates in either party, "looks" the part. Looks do matter. Yes, as a people, we really are that vain.
Remember Mitt the True Conservative? Another Mitt stalwart has abandoned the GOP to support Barack Obama. Tom Trimarco served as Gov. Mitt's Secretary of Administration and Finance and was a Romney campaigner.The obvious person was to go with McCain. Yes. But the Iraq War is a big issue with me. ...Iraq has been so troubling to me. I can't justify this on philosophical grounds. I'm clearly right of center….and I understand there are going to be many issues that I’ll disagree with [Obama] about...But his commitment to change the direction in Iraq and his avowed commitment to change the way we speak to each other and to stop playing out of Karl Rove's playbook.”
Back in the Bay State, Romney's former constituents are still seething over governors, like Mitt, who mentally abandon the state mid-term to pursue other ventures. Mitt is one of four recent Massachusetts governors who seemed to get bored with the running the state. Opines the Brockton Enterprise:
Massachusetts has had plenty of recent experience with governors who, once they get to the corner office, decide there are more interesting places to be. So it's not surprising many people think Gov. Deval Patrick may be another short-timer and see the $1.35 million book deal he just signed as proof.
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