Romney was not a good Governor. Why would anyone believe he would be a good
President?
He's saying the SAME things now, he said in 2002 and didn't accomplish as Governor.
Ok, let's look at your record as Governor, Mitt.
Oddly, Romney made lot's of excuses to explain why he did such a poor job creating jobs as Governor. Ironically, he slams Obama for the same excuses.
Romney is a broken record, Déjà vu candidate. Romney redux.
He didn't deliver for Massachusetts and he won't deliver for the United States.
There is another telling fact that seems to get little attention. Romney had a short attention span as Governor. His tenure was from 2003 - 2007. In 2006 he seems to have lost interest. One might suspect that the role of Governor was always seen by Romney as a stepping stone to running for President.
Romney left Mass. on 212 days in '06 Visited 35 states; built a national network
Think Progress has produced a list of 99 Romney negatives. Here are a few that left most Massachusetts' residents anti-Romney in 2007.
He barely topped John McCain in the 2008 MA. Presidential primary.
You Don’t Know Mitt: 99 Facts About Mitt Romney
Here are the items on the list that affected Massachusetts residents:
6. Mitt Romney's first budget as governor included $240 million in fee increases.
[Meet the Press, 12/16/2007]
7. As governor, Mitt Romney made it more expensive to use an ice skating rink, register a boat, take the bar exam, and transport hazardous waste.
[Associated Press, The Boston Globe, 08/28/2007]
10. Under Mitt Romney's leadership, Massachusetts ranked 47th among the 50 states in job creation.
[ThinkProgress, 06/2/2011]
11. During Mitt Romney's tenure, Massachusetts' job growth was at 0.9 percent, far behind the national average of over 5 percent. [ThinkProgress, 06/2/2011]
12. A Northeastern University economist found that Massachusetts lagged on virtually every economic indicator while Mitt Romney was in office. [ThinkProgress, 06/2/2011]
14. Mitt Romney boasts a record for creating private-sector jobs, but as governor, state employment grew twice as fast as the private sector.
[ThinkProgress, 09/6/2011]
16. Mitt Romney's top economic adviser Greg Mankiw said the "offshoring" of American jobs was a good thing.
[Washington Post, 02/11/2004]
20. Mitt Romney admits he couldn't reduce Massachusetts' multi-billion dollar budget deficit without new revenue.
[The Boston Globe, 04/6/2003]
27. Mitt Romney signed a budget that cut K-12 spending by $181.6 million (4 percent) and higher education spending by $100 million (10 percent).
[The Boston Globe, 10/24/2005]
29. As governor, Mitt Romney vetoed a minimum wage increase to $8 an hour.
[The Boston Globe, 08/1/2006]
Romney Economics didn't work then, and it won't work now:
Keep up the fight. Keep the facts in front of US voters.
Share the facts.
GOTV