Mass GOP Governor Race: Swift out, Romney in

WBZ

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From WBZ radio:

Romney to announce he is running soon.
Swift to announce she won't run at Noon.

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The Mass GOP primary race for Governor will hav lasted approximately one hour.

This is pretty silly. Just this morning Swift was challenging Romney to a debate after it is obvious he will run. NOw she is dropping out. Wacky.

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Duplicate breaking news thread here! Pull please!

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Original Thread Here

[jonatron]

Howie Carr said that he'd try to get Romney on the show this afternoon.
AM680 WRKO

[1Old Pro]

Wacky.

Yep, that's why she isn't running. 3 cheers for Mitt Romney

[Wphile]

Woo Hoo! Swift seemed pretty weak IMHO. I just wish Romney would have run against John Kerry. Would love to seat THAT guy go down in defeat.

[1Old Pro]

Did anyone tell William Weld that Swift is out? LOL

"Republican" Weld supports Swift against Romney

[GuillermoX]

Go Romney! Oh wait, he's not "100%" on every issue. Vote Libertarian!

[RJCogburn]

What are Romney's positions on the issues? I do not know.

[FreePaul]

Does experience with bribery associated with the Salt Lake Olympics enhance his candidacy in Massachusetts?

[JohnGalt]

Someone made her an offer she could not refuse...Federal hack job in DC awaits you, Mrs. Swift.

[cactusSharp]

where are the OBVIOUS questions like, this is Tax achussets ?.....liberal country and Mitt is republican ? hmmmmmm sounds kinda RINO to me so far..........

[GraniteStateConservative]

Actually, he's given credit for cleaning up after that mess.

[goldstategop]

Its not been a good year for RINOs. First Dick Riordan, now Jane Swift. Do we see a pattern emerging here?

[Cooter]

I thought Romney came in after the bribery scandal. He did a good job cleaning up the mess and ran a successful Olympics. Maybe he can do the same in Mass.

[FreePaul]

Does "cleaning up" mean profiting from the crime and making sure that no one goes to jail? Looks as if that's the way it's going. Salt Lake City profits from the Olympics and the bribers are still being "investigated". Everyone wins.

[SamAdams76]

This is pretty silly. Just this morning Swift was challenging Romney to a debate after it is obvious he will run. NOw she is dropping out. Wacky.

Those internal polls must have been pretty horrendous. A Herald poll on Sunday had Mitt Romney over Swift by 77-12%. I suspect internal polls showed an even wider margin than that. As soon as the "draft-Mitt" campaign got underway, Swift was toast. Had she been the GOP candidate for governor this year, the Democrats might as well have started measuring the curtains in the corner office now.

I think Mitt Romney has an excellent chance to revitalize the GOP in Massachusetts. The events of the past few weeks have been very refreshing here in Massachusetts.

[Rubber Ducky]

Didn't Romney give Ted Kennedy the only real competition in all of TEDDY BARE'S sorry senate career?

[ladyjane]

Romney, whose father was governor of Michigan, had previously said he wouldn't challenge an incumbent

ah...another honest politician