Every day, the Democratic Party's research team prepares a document with all their latest, up-to-date information on the Republican 2008 presidential field. Please help us spread the word through blogs, email and word-of-mouth. Your work makes a difference. - The Internet Team Mitt Romney: Republican of Conveniencehttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/democrats-release-romney-video/Mr. Romney has tacked heavily to the right in his presidential bid, seeking to portray himself as the true conservative in the race, but when he ran for governor of Massachusetts , a heavily Democratic state, he conveyed a much more moderate image. The 40-second video, posted on YouTube.com and a Web site created by the Massachusetts Democratic Party, www.romneyfacts.com, seeks to highlight that difference.
"I've been very clear, I think, to people across the commonwealth that my 'R' doesn't stand so much for Republican as it does for reform," he said in one clip to a reporter on September 21, 2002 on WBZ-TV.
In another interview on WGBH Greater Boston on Sept. 19, 2002, he said, "I'm not running as the Republican view, or a continuation of Republican values. That's not what brings me to the race."
The video also shows Mr. Romney speaking negatively of the dominance of Republicans in Utah , where he had just spent three years running the Olympics.
"I'm not convinced the state would be better off with all Republicans," he said in a speech before the Boston chamber of commerce. "As a matter of fact, I've been in a state like that, for the last three years. It's not a good thing."
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