A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics
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June 24, 2004Profile in Courage: Governor Bill WeldWhen is Bill Weld going to run for President? I'd be on that ban wagon in a heartbeat. This from Politics 1: While current Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) was testifying this week in DC before the Senate Judiciary Committee, two former GOP Massachusetts Governors were spending the day attending a same-sex wedding ceremony in Boston. Romney testified "that the Constitution must be changed or else same-sex marriage would spread [to other states] ... [and] may affect the development of children." Former Governor Bill Weld (R), however, actually was called upon to deliver formal remarks during the wedding of his friends Kevin Smith and Mitchell Adams. Smith had been Weld's Chief of Staff and Adams is the former State Revenue Commissioner. "If I had been down [in DC], I think I would have been testifying on the opposite side [from Romney]," Weld later told the Boston Herald. This is the same former Republican Governor whose nomination as Ambassador to Mexico was derailed by Jesse Helms because he supported the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Throughout his entire career Bill Weld has been sticking it to the political establishment, ignoring the hard line fanatics in his own party, and fighting on the right side of many civil right issues... I hope he has one more go at it in the near future. If anything, Weld would rally the old centrist Eisenhower Republicans who have been without a national leader in the Republican Party since John Anderson left to run for President as an Independent. There are still many of us whose "checkbook is on the right, and our heart on the left." Posted by Mathew at June 24, 2004 11:22 AMComments
Weld was the main reason I registered as a Republican in the '90's. But after his nomination was derailed, I figured if there was no future for Weld in the Republican Party, there was no future for me either. Posted by: rickheller at June 24, 2004 11:57 AMIt's too bad a Weld would not play well in the south. And without the south, you'll not be able to pull your weight in the national GOP. Very, very sad. Posted by: Erasmus at June 24, 2004 11:40 PMI didn't think there were any more like me out there. I saw Weld and Brian Lamb on Cspan and thought, "This man must be President." I loved your comments, Matthew, especially, "Sigh." Posted by: Marion Meader at July 25, 2004 01:40 PM |
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