Ah, I see. You think “liberal” is synonymous with “Democratic”. Bet you think Republican=conservative too, don’tcha? That illustrates which faction is yours too, btw.
What do other states have to do with Massachusetts voting patterns?
Other than the person who elbowed you aside in mid-post, took over your keyboard, and finished it with “Yes, it’s quite amusing that even a state full of Democrats is forced to admit their failure by electing Republican governors to counteract the numerous failed liberal policies.”
He’s been governor for 2 years, head of a large, highly-international, and clean Olympics program, CEO of one of the best-known LBO firms, and son of another major CEO who was also a governor and a Presidential candidate. He is certainly not “lacking” in any relevant experience, just in accomplishments in his latest office.
Snicker. Come and visit sometime. You may have trouble with the concept, but the first of the series, Weld, won as the moderate-liberal against the moderate-conservative Democrat Silber. After, that is, Silber revealed himself as a major asshole during the general election campaign, while Weld kept his pleasant image - one he kept throughout his tenure in office, in which he went along with the system. He was re-elected as the insider (i.e. one able to get things done) who still wasn’t corrupted. Cellucci got and stayed in office as long as he did because he didn’t rock the boat either, but did have an air of corruption, and the Democrat he ran against, Harshbarger, had too many rough edges.
Romney, as you’ve already been informed, won as the outsider (against a Democrat who advertised her insiderness as effectiveness - that approach often works, too), not as the Republican - you claim that will work nationally, but there’s little basis to believe it other than hope. His Mormonism is uncharted territory nationally as well - the only Mormon candidate who’s even tried a Presidential run AFAIK is Orrin Hatch, and you know how far *he * got.