Romney in 2002: I'm "Moderate," "Progressive"

And you wonder why conservatives are uncomfortable with Mitt?

For all the hullabaloo that has been made about what Newt Gingrich said ten or fifteen years ago, here's some balance. When Mitt Romney was running for Governor of Massachusetts in 2002 (but he's not a career politician) he said the following at a stop in Worcester, Mass.


Cue the tape to the 44 second mark
“I think people recognize that I am not a partisan Republican. That I’m someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.”

Is this the man we can trust to lead the toughest political battle of our lives as we attempt to roll back ObamaCare? I'm beginning to wonder.