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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsmillions of voters think Romney was a great governor and Obama is to blame
His campaign should have made this a bigger issue.
Stargazer09
(2,132 posts)They refuse to look at the facts.
Brother Buzz
(36,440 posts)Yeah, I'd go with that
countingbluecars
(4,766 posts)Is there a poll showing this?
left on green only
(1,484 posts)The guy is like christmas in August. Where to start?
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)....Troll Pest Control. The cooler temps must be driving them indoors.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)Why is Obama kicking his ass in the polls in Massachusetts?
Great governor my ass:
Here are five facts about the Massachusetts economy from Romneys 2003-2007 tenure:
1) Ranked 47th in job growth: Despite Romneys professed expertise in creating jobs, Massachusetts ranked 47th in job growth during his time as governor. The states total job growth was just 0.9 percent, well behind other high-wage, high-skill economies in New York (2.7), California (4.7), and North Carolina (7.6). The national average, meanwhile, was better than 5 percent.
2) Suffered the second-largest labor force decline in the nation: Only Louisiana, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, saw a bigger decline in its labor force than Massachusetts during Romneys tenure as governor. The US Census Bureau estimated that between July 2002 and July 2006, 222,000 more residents left Massachusetts for other states than came to it. That decline largely explains the states decreasing unemployment rate (from 5.6 to 4.7 percent) while Romney was in office, according to Northeastern University economics professor Andrew Sum. At the same time, the nation as a whole added 8 million people to the labor force.
3) Lost 14 percent of its manufacturing jobs: Massachusetts lost 14 percent of its manufacturing jobs during Romneys time in office, according to Sum. The loss was double the rate that the nation as a whole lost manufacturing jobs. In 2004, Romney vetoed legislation that would have banned companies doing business with the state from outsourcing jobs to other countries.
4) Experienced below average economic growth and was often near the bottom: There was not one measure where the state did well under his term in office. We were below average and often near the bottom, Sum told the Washington Post in February. As a result, the state was more comparable to Rust Belt states like Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio than it was to other high-tech economies it typically competes with.
Rest of article:
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/938152/5_facts_about_the_massachusetts_economy_under_mitt_romney
Please proceed, GusFring. We'd love to see your facts backing up your assertion.
GusFring
(756 posts)ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)but I get the feeling the facts don't mean much to some people.
So, where is your evidence that he was a good governor?
GusFring
(756 posts)Not mentioning any of them.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)I'm sure they match up pretty perfectly.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)GitRDun
(1,846 posts)Thanks for setting us all straight.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)cognoscere
(461 posts)LeftInTX
(25,363 posts)That Alternet article has been up since July
bhikkhu
(10,718 posts)and why they want him back for another term.
But you're point is right on - Romney's miserable record there should be front and center.