By now, everyone knows that Mitt Romney filed papers with
the Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC) in which he claimed that from 1999
to 2002, not only was he the sole owner, president and CEO of Bain Capital, but
he received a salary of over $100,000 for the services he denies rendering. When
he returned from the Olympics to run for Governor of Massachusetts, he was
challenged on the basis of his residency and he testified that he was involved
in Bain to show his connection to the state. Having had such success at
changing his opinions, he is now expanding into the field of changing his facts.
The airwaves are abuzz about it, and in a desperate attempt to change the subject, someone from the Romney campaign leaked to the Drudge Report that Condoleeza Rice was at the top of the short list of veep picks. The trick fooled nobody, and the effort is just one more sign that the Romney folk are flailing around trying to overshadow a story they know is hurting them.
So how is this possibly good news for Willard? It’s simple,
really. Every day that we spend talking about Bain capital is one day less to
examine his record as Governor of Massachusetts.
In November 2006, four years after he had been elected Governor,
Mitt Romney’s approval rating was at 34% compared to 65% disapproval. Why? Some
say it is because he was out of state on 212 days of his last year in office. As
an Alaskan, I know a thing or two about Governors who skip out on their
constituents.
Others say his rejection by residents of the Bay State was because in his eagerness to campaign for President,
he went around the state apologizing for (or at least making jokes at the
expense of) Massachusetts . Whatever the reason, the fact is that the
experience in Massachusetts
is another example of what we have seen so many times: the more people get to
know Mitt Romney, the less they like him.
Just ask anyone in Massachusetts …
“… and tell ’em Big Mitch sent ya!”
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