Twelve years ago, Mitt Romney supported gay rights and a woman's right to an abortion and distanced himself from Ronald Reagan.
There's been quite a transformation since then.
Conservatives were in a tizzy about Romney's past stands on social issues, but now it's been revealed that the Massachusetts Governor refused to endorse the conservative "Contract with America" and put some distance between himself and the conservative icon of our time.
The Washington Post reports on the concerns:
"In his 1994 debate with Kennedy, Romney also refused to endorse the "Contract With America," which House Republicans had proudly presented as their campaign manifesto, and he balked when Kennedy tried to link him to the Reagan administration. "I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush," Romney retorted.
"Questions about Romney's conservative credentials could provide an opening for several other Republicans exploring 2008 candidacies, among them Sen. Sam Brownback (Kan.) and outgoing Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee."
Are these the reasons Governor Matt Blunt may be holding off on a public endorsement of Romney?
1 comment:
Romney was leading Teddy in the polls until he made some of those statements in the last debates. That was quite a race and received alot of national coverage. It does seem as though the left is afraid of Romney and are the ones who are digging up most of this stuff. The Boston media and papers have been pushing negative comments for a few months, which is interesting because they happen to agree with these very positions.
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