The Real Mitt Romney

[BigV]

The real Mitt Romney, wait, the political noise about the real Mitt Romney trumpets his "bipartisan effectiveness". He crows about his ability to get things done in MA as a Republican Governor of a state with a legislature with a Democratic majority. Ok, but... the facts indicate that in four years as Governor, Romney issued 800 vetoes. How is this working across the aisle? As you know, when the executive vetoes a bill, it is returned to the legislature to be upheld or overridden. Interestingly, over 700 of those vetoes were overturned.

Romney's transition from business executive where he issued orders and could expect and enforce compliance to government executive where the office holder needs to cooperate with the other branches of government was clearly unsuccessful.

Romney was unhappy with his relationship with the legislature and MA was unhappy with him. His poll numbers for unfavorability were 69%. This was likely a major contributing factor to his absence from the state for most of the last year of his term as governor. Plotting his course to the Presidency, no doubt.