As some see governor testing national waters, possible successors eyed

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As some see governor testing national waters, possible successors eyed

By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff | February 26, 2005

Governor Mitt Romney's political trips out of state are forcing Republicans in Massachusetts to privately contemplate the prospect that he will not run for reelection so he can focus on a presidential bid, leaving the 2006 GOP gubernatorial nomination up for grabs.
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Even as Romney continued to say he planned to run for re-election next year, Republican strategists floated names of would-be GOP candidates for governor last week. Two of those -- Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey and Charles D. Baker, chief executive of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care -- are considered almost certain to jump into a campaign if Romney steps aside..


http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/02/26/as_some_see_governor_testing_national_waters_possible_successors_eyed/

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1. Andy Card?

:puke:

[Kat45]

2. Couldn't stand him 25 years ago, can't stand him now.

I was in journalism school back then, and for one class I covered the State House beat. He was a legislator then, and I did not like him at all. (There aren't that many names I remember from way back then, but his is one of them.)