Posted by
Diryn on Saturday, February 02, 2008 2:15:37 AM
Romney's Judicial Appointments
An article in the January 30th edition of the Wall Street Journal delves into the race between Mitt Romney and John McClain for the Republican nomination. Part of the article points out an interesting fact about Romney's judicial appointments when he was governor of Massachusetts. Over half of his appointments were Democrats and Independents; most of who had contributed to Democratic candidates. This is yet another indication (one of many) on his record that contradicts the his portrayal of himself as a conservative candidate.
Romney's record as governor as well as his statements when he ran for the senate in Massachusetts were much more liberal than the positions he now advocates. This would imply that he is being dishonest now so that he can get the Republican nomination. I tend to think otherwise, though. I believe he probably is mostly a conservative. My opinion is that he was dishonest all those years with the Massachusetts people. He followed the polls and wanted to be elected so he changed his beliefs so that he could be elected as senator or governor. Now he is paying the price for his multiple positions on the same issues; being portrayed as a flip-flopper. He sacrificed his beliefs to get elected. Did he have to do this? Perhaps another governor can serve as an example. This governor was fired from his job of speaking across the nation for General Electric because he wouldn't tame down the political beliefs he was espousing. After supporting a presidential candidate who went down to one of the worst defeats in presidential election history he refused to adjust his political beliefs even though most others were deserting those beliefs. He ran for governor in the Republican primary advocating those conservative principles against a popular, moderate mayor and won. He then ran for governor against a 2 term Democrat and won. Instead of changing his beliefs to get elected he was a leader and persuaded the voters that he had the best ideas to lead the state. Mr. Romney would be much better off if he had followed that governor's example. That governor's name was Ronald Reagan.