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• "There's no question I do love jokes," Romney answered when queried on this point. "Indicating that there are very few conservative Republicans in Massachusetts, I do not think is a surprise to anyone inside or outside of Massachusetts and is in no way an indictment of the state. If anything, it's a recognition that I have to do a better job of recruiting Republicans."
  • Governor Mitt Romney, Mighty Mitt Romney, By Shawn Macomber, The American Spectato, 04-21-2006

As for Democrats' complaints about the amount of out-of-state traveling he's done, Romney refuses to repent. "My guess is my travel outside of the state has been far less than either Michael Dukakis or Senator Kerry," he said, adding, "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, and I would encourage my Democratic friends to remember that."

• Governor Mitt Romney, Mighty Mitt Romney, By Shawn Macomber, The American Spectato, 04-21-2006

So, to be clear, did Romney -- who came here in 1975 to seek degrees from both Harvard Business and Law schools -- pursue the governorship out of some Machiavellian plan to attain higher office, or does he love the state he leads?

• Governor Mitt Romney, Mighty Mitt Romney, By Shawn Macomber, The American Spectato, 04-21-2006

• "We've lived here now 34 years, raised all five of our sons here, and paid a mountain of taxes here," Romney noted. "You don't do that unless you enjoy the state and the economic, social, and cultural opportunities which it provides."
  • Governor Mitt Romney, Mighty Mitt Romney, By Shawn Macomber, The American Spectato, 04-21-2006

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I hope you realize that anyone (including all previous presidents who were also senators or governors) who runs for president must delegate some of their responsibilities in order to pursue presidential candidacy. I commend Romney for deciding to "retire" instead of going through a full-fledged presidential campaign while also serving as governor (like many past presidents have done). History shows that most past governors who become president dedicate themselves to their campaign and when they win, the LT. Governor takes over as the interim governor. This is much more of a neglect of duty than the inconsequential traveling Romney has done in comparison with the many others (even Sen. Kerry from the same state). Besides, one important part of being a leader is to surround yourself with the best capable people so that you can efficiently delegate... no person can individually and solely run an entire state or country. That's why "support staffs" exist... to support.

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But William G. Mayer , a political science professor at Northeastern University who had not yet seen the ad, said he doubted that highlighting Healey's partnership with Romney would help her, with his stance on abortion and his extended travel out of state making him ``essentially unelectable in Massachusetts from here on in."

OK, so he thinks the ad that he has not seen will not help. But really there are two questions. The first question is will Romney's travel outside of Massachusetts hurt Romney, and the second question is SHOULD it hurt Romney in an ideal world? Should how much a governor travels be an issue as to weather they can be elected again.

We all know that is the same old drum that the Massachusetts media constantly beats. Mitt Romney travels too much, boo-who. They don't have anything of substance to criticize, and so all they have is that he travels too much.

In the business world, does the board elect a CEO by who spends the most time within the confines of company property? Should the Governor of Massachusetts be the person who spent the most amount of time during the last four years within the state? What do we do when we discover that more than one person spent all of the last 4 years within the state of Massachusetts? Who do we make governor then?

Maybe we should count who has the most friends or family members living in Massachusetts, because, after all, the best person to be Governor of Massachusetts would actually be someone who didn't know that there was any other state besides Massachusetts . New York, never heard of it?! What part of Massachusetts is New York in?

You know how many news articles and websites that Google finds when searching, "Mitt Romney Travel"? 477,000. When John Kerry ran for president how much whining did the Boston Globe do about that?

So I see two issues. One of fairness. Is a double standard applied? The second issue is validity. Does it really matter how much time a Governor is within his state? An over simplistic answer would be yes, or no. The right answer is, it depends. It depends on what is going on. If Mitt Romney is attending trade negotiations that affect Massachusetts, than everyone back home in the best state in the union (go home team) can rest assure, that Mitt Romney is not sluting around with other states (by the way, did you see the way that Hillary was talking to California? I'm just saying that things haven't been so well with her and Bill senses the whole "right wing conspiracy thing". So watch out New York, I hear she's even been to a different countries!)

So there are times when it is in Massachusetts best interest to have their governor over seas or in different states working for the folks back home. So is Mitt Romney faithful to Massachusetts? Well for one thing, he is not taking a pay check, from a single Massachusetts tax payer. I would like for all the people who think he is not doing a good job serving the citizens of Massachusetts, to pledge to do a better job them him. Not just sitting within the boarders of the commonwealth, but actually getting things done. And follow Mitt's example. Serve your beautiful state, that you would never dare leave, by not taking a paycheck.

I would like to see Mitt complain about the Democrats, who need to take a pay-check from old ladies living in Massachusetts, the next time one of them complain that he dared travel outside the sacred promiced land that is Massachusetts. Maybe Massachusetts should succeed from the union. Obviously they want nothing to do with any one who has ever traveled to another state. Maybe we should kick them out. Why don't they just make their own country if they hate anyone who travels as much as Mitt. After all, no one out side of Massachusetts is worth talking to.

Mitt Romney created programs to stop nepotism, consolidated duplicate agencies, helped the homeless situation, turned around a giant deficient without raising taxes, stood up to the mobs, gangs, teachers unions, helped the police, and teachers, helped charter schools, stood up to the teachers unions (did I mention that already?), improved efficiency, stopped one-party rule, stood up for common sense, and achieved more than any governor I know of. But we should not look at results, we should not look at the good family man example that Mitt shows for the citizens, we should not look at what he has accomplished with smart growth, improving accountability, the health care industry, insurance industry, drunk driving, and sex offenders. None of this matters, because it is too complicated for average voters to grasp. What we need to focus on is how much time a governor spends within the boarders of the home state.

Way to go main stream media. You have let this world be that much stupider. Lets not look at issues. Lets make this a horse and pony show. Lets make this about accusations, and oversimplifications.