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Article: A Massachusetts conservative How Mitt Romney (and other GOP hopefuls) might take a cue from Calvin Coolidge, the last Bay State governor to make it to the White House [Corrected 02/14/07]
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 11, 2007
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Well before Senator John F. Kerry went windsurfing in 2004, the
failed presidential bids of Michael Dukakis and Paul Tsongas had all
but doomed Massachusetts Democrats seeking the White House. In former
governor Mitt Romney, however, a new kind of Bay State presidential
aspirant is now taking the national stage: A conservative Republican
who tacked to the center to get elected statewide and now courts the
Christian right to win his partys nomination. If the Massachusetts
liberal has become a national punch line, what of the Massachusetts
conservative?
In fact, though hes not well remembered today, there was a
Massachusetts conservative who not only won the presidency but
enjoyed phenomenal ...