At least Al Gore didn't pre-emptively concede Tennessee back in 2000.
Mr. Romney told Sean Hannity that natives of the Bay State and some other liberal states would never go for a candidate like him.
"They vehemently disagree with the fact that I'm pro life. They disagree with the fact that I'm opposed to same sex marriage. Those two issues for many people in some states overwhelm who can build our economy better, who understands our foreign policy better, who understands how to strengthen America for our future."
Is there precedent in American politics for a candidate running against their home state? From the moment Romney took office, has he had one good word to say about the state he governed for four years?
If Romney actually took the nomination, and in the general election, indeed lost Massachusetts, I wonder what the Hannitys, and the Limbaughs, and the Malkins would have to say then. I wonder if it would at all match the rhetoric they spewed towards Al Gore in November, 2000. "Oh lord, so what if he won the popular vote—the man didn't even win his home state!".
