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To: i-node who wrote (679525)	10/17/2012 9:41:55 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1573076

Romney was so unpopular and so down in the polls in MA after 3 years of his term as governor that he decided not run for reelection: He was down in the polls against EVERY Democratic candidate. A new University of Massachusetts poll shows Governor Mitt Romney (R) trailing any of his potential 2006 re-election opponents. Romney trails Attorney General Tom Reilly — the Dem frontrunner — by 15%. Secretary of State Bill Galvin and former USDOJ official Deval Patrick (D), by contrast, only leads Romney by single-digits. However, if Romney passes on the race to focus on a likely 2008 Presidential campaign, GOP chances of holding the Governor’s Mansion fade even further. The poll showed Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey (R) trails any of the Dems by wider margins than Romney. Healey trails Reilly by 25%, trails Galvin by 13%, and trails Patrick by 4%. Deval Patrick ended up winning the Governorship. Prior to Governor Patrick, Massachusetts had 16 straight years of Republican governors. When Mitt saw the handwriting on the wall, he attempted to pass the torch to Republican Kerry Healy, but that didn’t pan out. Patrick won and is in his second term now.