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Missed Opportunity Mitt
Flip-flop charges from his rivals may say less about Romney's commitment to conservative principles than what he left behind in Massachusetts.
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If Romney wanted to prove that his approach could somehow avoid higher taxes and staggering regulatory burdens, why did he leave office without giving his healthcare plan a chance to work on something closer to his terms?
Perhaps it is too cynical to suggest that Romney was more interested in putting conservative policies on his resume than seeing them to fruition. Massachusetts is an overwhelmingly Democratic state; Romney fit the profile of the Republicans who were taken out in 2006’s blue tide. Maybe Mitt had truly done all the 90 percent Democratic legislature was going to let him do.
But as this Boston-bred writer contemplates Taxachusetts’ revival, it is hard not to wonder whether Romney could have stopped it. The fact that he didn’t try may say more than a thousand YouTube videos.
About the Author
W. James Antle, III, author of the new book Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?, is editor of the Daily Caller News Foundation and a senior editor of The American Spectator. You can follow him on Twitter @jimantle.
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