I had a conversation with someone who lives in Massachusetts today and I asked a question that I think we should all ask ourselves, and I think that it points to one of the fundamental problems that we have in our nation today.
Mitt Romney, as most of us know, was governor of the state of Massachusetts before this campaign for President. Being a Republican governor of that state, he seemed to break the trend of Democrats that had been in power for so long before him. The fact that he was elected showed that the people of Massachusetts were willing to compromise and elect someone who was truly the best candidate for the state, regardless of the party affiliation that the state had seemed to maintain for all those years.
However, it seems like he won't be able to win his home state when the votes get tallied in November. The state is increasingly becoming one that is more blue than red, and the bipartisan politics of today seem like they're going to take over and make it impossible for the former governor to win over his own people.
In most elections, the candidate is almost guaranteed to win his home state because of his ties to the constituency, but it's not looking like Romney will be able to pull out a win in this one.
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