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Viser is a political reporter in the Washington bureau, currently covering the 2012 presidential race. He also has covered Congress, the Massachusetts delegation, and national political issues. He has been at the Globe since 2004 and previously reported for the State House bureau, the City Hall bureau, and Globe West.
Latest stories
Mitt Romney counts on home-court advantage
By Michael Kranish and Matt Viser, Globe Staff
With some polls showing him trailing Rick Santorum in the Feb. 28 GOP primary in Michigan, Romney is leaning hard on his local ties and his father’s legacy.
Mitt Romney will not take part in Atlanta debate before Super Tuesday
By Matt Viser, Globe Staff
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Mitt Romney is planning to skip the final debate before Super Tuesday, opting out of a face-off with his Republican primary opponents on March 1 in Georgia.
Loss to Santorum in Mich. would be blow to Romney
By Matt Viser, Globe Staff
Rick Santorum is trying to attract blue collar fiscal conservatives in Mitt Romney’s boyhood backyard.
Tea Party voters more open to Romney
By Matt Viser, Globe Staff
Tea Party activists insist most of the movement’s legions will back Mitt Romney if he continues to surge toward nomination, with a few already urging all Republicans to unite.