Romney Move On Arnold?
Issue 109 - June 11, 2008

Mitt Romney is moving to San Diego, and could anyone guess that the abode he's clamped his mitts upon is in La Jolla ? He claims that the move is not political and that he already has family in the San Diego area, but it's hard to believe that Romney is not mulling a run for governor, as at least a backup to a possible national role.

Wasn't the first thing we heard from Bob Barr last year, upon his switch to the Libertarian Party, that he DIDN'T plan to run for any office?

Romney's former home ground of Massachusetts, where he was very successful, has similarities to California. California fell in 1998 to a status similar to Massachusetts, that of being a majority Democrat state.

A loyal Republican element that made it possible for Republicans to dominate the governorship from 1966 to '98, allowing only the interim deviation of one Democrat, is still present in California--waiting loyally to back a deserving ally.

Consider also that Romney also ran very strong in California in the recent Presidential primary, leading by eight points in the final-day polling, before a withering 11th hour McCain ad campaign, vowing to enforce the borders worked like magic to head-off the expected Romney victory.

It'll be interesting to see if Arnold Schwarzenegger's newly-acquired Democrat trappings will be sufficient to ward off Romney's possible reaching for a governorship. Is it time to move over, Arnold?

Al Lemon Grove