Could these supposed failures have something to do with the fact that Gov. Romney had to work with a Democratic legislature in the pocket of the MTA (not MTU, Tracy)?

The fact that the teachers union hacks and the school committee hacks have nothing good to say about Romney gets him my vote. Compromising with the legislature got us the Big Pig and the probation department scandal. It's like compromising with organized crime. In fact, the legislature is organized crime.

Why do all those letters look like they came from Mitt and lapdog Eric? Does anyone remember anything that Mitt or lieutenant governor Buffy did to help Massachusetts instead of themselves?

Got rid of Jane Swift. Didn't raise taxes in spite of a lot of pressure to do so, much of which came from the Globe, which had more clout in those days than it does now. Got rid of Billy Bulger in spite of obstruction by the corrupt legislature. Got rid of Fat Matt Amorello in spite of obstruction by the corrupt legislature. Noticing a theme here?

When he was a young man, Romney impersonated a police officer! He won't get my vote!

Added $300 million in FEES - just a tax by another name. Reversed himself on gay rights and reproductive choice. Immediately started campaigning for President on a "Mass sucks" agenda. Definitey a theme....

I'm really glad to see the Globe is publishing another article questioning Mitt Romney's record. Maybe by November the liberal media, including the New York Times Corp., will succeed in electing Barack Obama. I'm sure the thousands of unemployed Americans will thank newspapers like the Globe for their efforts. Romney was not the only governor to have a failed initiative. Many cities and towns, namely Lawrence and Central Falls, RI have sought to overhaul their education systems in a way similar to that of Romney by ending tenure and holding teachers more accountable. The democratic controlled legislature kept underperforming but tenured teachers in the public school systems.

Correction, when Obama was in Elementary School, he shoved another child on the playground. Shocking!

Just think: the Globe could balance the biased, left-wing spin reflected in this story with a new expose on Obama's staggering incompetence, his complete failures spanning every conceivable element of leadership and policy, the fact that we came to office with no discernible accomplishments, and the fact that he has systematically converted all of his former Kool-Aid drinkers (the Kennedys, the Clintons, Oprah, Rev Wright, Jesse Jackson, and many others) into implacable enemies. And, guess what - these would all be FACTS! I have no doubt that the Globe will be running a story like this in the near future. After all, they're committed to balanced journalism and certainly wouldn't want any journalistic failures on their part to contribute in any way to the re-election of an unqualified, narcissistic, incompetent interloper who represents a clear and present danger to the survival of this country.

C'mon Globe, you've got to do better than this. Everyone, that is everyone who is a taxpayer and has a brain (apparently a shrinking group in this state) knows that the House of Representatives controls literally everything in this state (hence the last three speakers being indicted). As long as the table is tilted toward the "takers" in this state, the longer it will take to straighten it out. When I was a kid and delivered newspapers, the Globe was a pillar of world news and unbiased opinion, now it's just reduced to a tool for the "machine" in Mass. politics. You should be ashamed of yourself, and I hope some of you are.

Not very convincing, salemreader. You haven't answered my question about the influence of teachers' and other public employee unions on Beacon Hill.