Oval Office 2008: "Two Boston Globe columnists have recently offered rather differing views of their departing Republican Governor, Mitt Romney. Re-printed in the Deseret Morning News, Scott Helman argues that Romney's claims to be the standard-bearer of Reagan conservatism might have more merit than some others'...
"To the Globe's Joan Vennochi - never a friend to Romney - that last issue of abortion is central to understanding Romney and, in her view, his key personality flaw. Romney "ran for office twice in Massachusetts as a moderate, pro choice Republican," Vennochi says, so his claims to Reaganesque conservatism look rather flimsy. The crusader against gay marriage, says Vennochi, is the same person who promised in 1994 'to establish full equality for American gay and lesbian citizens' and who campaigned at a Gay Pride rally in 2002."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election