Romney supports Utah Democrats
Ok, the headline isn't really true, but presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said in the past that he doesn't like the one-party dominance in Utah. That one party is the GOP, supporters of which Romney is now courting nationwide as he seeks the Republican nomination.
Romney told a Massachusetts magazine in July 2002 that a single-party system like Utah's "generates problems," and "in that state" the "more extreme wing" of the GOP has more political clout and that de-energizes the mainstream public.
Now there's video: see it here.
"I'm not convinced that a state would be better off with all Republicans," Romney says in a new video montage put together by the Massachusetts Democratic Party. "As a matter of fact, I've been in a state like that for the last three years. It's not a good thing."
While it may not be a good thing, Romney sure gets a lot of money from the dominant Utah party members. Maybe Utah Democrats would give too if they knew he was trying to help them.
-- Thomas Burr
Romney told a Massachusetts magazine in July 2002 that a single-party system like Utah's "generates problems," and "in that state" the "more extreme wing" of the GOP has more political clout and that de-energizes the mainstream public.
Now there's video: see it here.
"I'm not convinced that a state would be better off with all Republicans," Romney says in a new video montage put together by the Massachusetts Democratic Party. "As a matter of fact, I've been in a state like that for the last three years. It's not a good thing."
While it may not be a good thing, Romney sure gets a lot of money from the dominant Utah party members. Maybe Utah Democrats would give too if they knew he was trying to help them.
-- Thomas Burr
11:55 AM
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2 Comments:
Given that the McCain campaign is circling the drain unlike any other "frontrunner" candidate this early in recent history, I'd have to say that Mitt's comments about a one-party rule are pretty mundane.
Why no posts about some Utah heavyweights endorsing McCain, while the latter is losing on average of 20 staffers a day?
Just wondering how long those McCain "supporters" in Utah are going to hang-tough with the most disastorous presidential campaign in the last 50 years.... (OK, Jimmy Carter had a bad campaign in 1980, but at least he freed the hostages....or did he?)
Anyway, good stuff.
The Dems need to be careful with things like this. Massachusetts is also a "one party state" and every statement Romney made about his time in Utah could probably now be said about Mass. (Only now the word is D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T). One party dominance, never generates good ideas. Opposition and debate always improve the quality of ideas.
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