Flip-Fops Hurt Mitt in MA
Via TPM:
Recent polling has made something pretty clear for Mitt Romney: He would have a hard time at best in the general election in his home state of Massachusetts, where he served one term as governor. The latest SurveyUSA poll shows him losing the state by an amazing 65%-31% margin against Hillary Clinton. And what’s more, he might not even try to compete there at all.
The Romney campaign’s response makes sense. Massachusetts is a pretty solidly liberal state, and I think it’s safe bet to say that Generic Democrat will do better than Generic Republican in 2008. But what does this new poll really say about Mitt Romney?
After all, Massachusetts elected him once, so the must have liked where he stood on some things. And yes, his approval ratings weren’t great, but he certainly wasn’t at the bottom of the barrel. So what happened? What changed between 2002, when half of Massachusetts elected him governor, and now, when he’s considering not even campaigning in his own state?
What changed is that he’s flip-flopped on so many of the issues that got him elected in the first place, like abortion or gay marriage, and even such things as campaign finance and making English our official language.
Massachusetts, that bastion of liberalism, liked Romney when they knew what he stood for. As long as Mitt keeps making it difficult for people to figure out what he believes, his poll numbers are going to hurt, even among people who used to support him.
(Cross-posted at DailyKos )
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