Robert Bidinotto is excellent and was the original investigative journalist who exposed the Willie Horton scandal. Speaking of which, it really does look like Romney is experiencing a redux from his questionable appointment. My friend Donna Cuomo, the sister of Willie boy’s murder victim, Joey Fournier, explains it to me this way:
Nick,
See what kind of judges Mitt appointed…the Democratically controlled Governor’s Council has to approve all gubernatorial appointees-—but Mitt never even presented conservative, tough on crime candidates for their consideration. He just submitted the names of liberal Democrats—thinking, I am sure, that it would never be a problem for him. Maybe the truth of the matter is he really is a liberal when it comes to the crime issue. What a joke!
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1046148
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1046152
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1046150
This all may lead to Romney’s undoing: good, as I never did trust him in the first place.
Oh, yeah, one more on Romney, who, like Dallas’ Owens will experience next time the Skins’s Shawn Springs is on his heels, can hear the footsteps behind him:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1046531
Romney, who spent Thanksgiving with his family at their Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., summer home, yesterday called on Superior Court Judge Kathe Tuttman - his own judicial nominee - to answer for her decision to free Tavares last summer on personal recognizance, as national media jumped on the story and political bloggers threatened to turn it into a hot-button campaign issue.
“Judge Tuttman’s entire experience as a prosecutor suggested she would be a law and order judge,” said Romney’s spokesman, Eric Fehrnstrom, in a statement. “Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been appointed. Only she can explain why she released Daniel Tavares without bail. It’s inexcusable and she should answer for it.” Romney was stumping for votes in Seattle when news of the gruesome Washington murders broke.