The '08 Race for the White House Begins

CQPolitics.com - From CQ Weekly: The '08 Race for the White House Begins:
"Resources: It is hard to know which is better for training as a major league fundraiser, being governor of a good-sized state or running the Olympics. Romney has done both. He raised nearly $9.5 million for his 2002 election as Massachusetts governor (he’s not running again this year), and he compiled nearly $2.5 million for his federal political action committee in the 2006 cycle. And those ties to corporate biggies when he was CEO of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City? Priceless."

McCain takes first step for '08 White House run

NewsAdvance.com | McCain takes first step for '08 White House run: "Falwell said he visited Romney a couple of weeks ago at his Massachusetts home.

“He made it clear,” Falwell said. “He’s running. He said he would give it his full best.”"

Outcome Shakes Up '08 Calculus For McCain, Clinton and Others

Outcome Shakes Up '08 Calculus For McCain, Clinton and Others - WSJ.com:
"Mr. Toomey said his wing of the party is still reviewing the record of Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who also impressed party activists with his midterm campaigning. They remain skeptical that a law adopted on Mr. Romney's watch penalizing businesses that don't provide health-care coverage will meet their standards."

Bay State Marriage Mess (blog)

The Corner on National Review Online:
"Romney continued: 'There are hundreds of thousands of our citizens that hope something can be done to protect their constitutional right to vote on a matter of this significance. Of course, the only sure redress is through the ballot box. Today’s action was cynically timed to fall two days after they were safely re-elected.'"

Romney's Statement On The 2006 Election

Hotline On Call: Romney's Statement On The 2006 Election:
"We didn’t hear a mandate for a more liberal direction because the Democrats didn’t present one. Americans don’t share those liberal ideas.
What voters told us is that America is stuck and Washington is broken. Voters told us to move forward by embracing our conservative convictions that Americans agree with and value – and we will."

Mass. voters don't want Kerry, Romney for White House

Mass. voters don't want Kerry, Romney for White House - Boston.com:
"He considers Romney too partisan -- 'He'll check which way the wind is blowing before he makes a pronouncement,' he said -- but finds Kerry a bit stiff."

What’s at stake is saving the US from the incompetent, reckless fanatics now in control (Opinion)

What’s at stake is saving the US from the incompetent, reckless fanatics now in control - Sunday Times - Times Online:
"The big winner for the Republicans is also clear: Mitt Romney. Romney is the Republican governor of Massachusetts and has been able to stay largely out of the fray of this dirty, ugly campaign. He has quietly been building a national campaign based on the religious right. He is vociferously against embryonic stem cell research, abortion and acceptance of gay couples as equal citizens. Right now, the Republican race is between him, McCain and Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York."

Mass medical mess

Mass medical mess - Commentary - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper:
"Mr. Romney was celebrated as a bold innovator in the national press. Many governors have taken note and are reportedly looking at adopting similar plans. California is no exception. If re-elected, Gov. Schwarzenegger has said that health care reform will be the main platform in the 2007 State of the State address. It is likely that a Romney-style plan will be the cornerstone of his reform agenda. "