DJ, I agree with most of what you wrote, but not this:
"Weld deliberately sabotaged Romney in '94 (when with a strong endorsement, Weld's coattails could've carried Romney to victory"
Even had Weld not deliberately sabotaged Romney in 1994, Romney would have still lost to Kennedy. Romney lost by 17%, and there's no way that Weld's strong endorsement would be worth as much as 17%. (Had Weld endorsed Romney, however, the result would have been much closer, and perhaps Kennedy would have been held to a 5%-10% victory margin, which would have been horribly embarrassing for him.)
William Weld himself should have run against Kennedy. He would have won for sure.
No, I do stand by what I said. Romney was leading up until shortly beforehand (I was up there in MA during the last weeks of the election, so I could see it from "street-level", so to speak). Weld was absolutely terrified at the prospect of a Romney victory because the spotlight would've been off him as the leading Massachusetts Republican. Romney was cut loose, and you could tell something was WRONG in the last 2 weeks of the campaign. Weld could've shed 1 out of 5 of his voters and Romney still would've beaten Teddy. I very much do hold Weld responsible for the loss.