When it happened, Jim Rappaport, who is a dedicated person who would have truly served the state, stepped aside because of the perception that it would take Romney to win after the Jane Swift fiasco. Rappaport decided to run for Lt. Governor, stepped aside rather that put the party through a primary battle.
Then, Mitt Romney decided he wanted this Kerry Healey to be his candidate because "the state wouldn't vote for two rich white men" (Duhh...who are our Senators?). Healey got it in spite of an awful lot of lifelong Republicans standing at roadsides, in rotaries, whatever trying to convey how important it was for everyone, not just Republicans, that Rappaport, who even Democrats out there holding other signs, agreed was the best candidate out of the whole mess, become LTGov. Anyway, I suspect with the help of negative cross-over "Republican" votes, Healey was nominated.
Do I trust Romney? No, not at all. He slimed a good man just to get his way. Would he go along with a tax rise if it kept him off the MTA hit list? Of course.
That's why it's so important that our state legislators and senators know that not everyone wants higher taxes.