So much for Romney’s “bipartisanship” claims

Michael Wines at the New York Times has a thing or two to say about a thing or two regarding Willard M. Romney’s boasts about how well he played with Democratic others while he was governor of Massachusetts.

“…But on closer examination, the record as governor he alluded to looks considerably less burnished than Mr. Romney suggested. Bipartisanship was in short supply; Statehouse Democrats complained he variously ignored, insulted or opposed them, with intermittent charm offensives. He vetoed scores of legislative initiatives and excised budget line items a remarkable 844 times, according to the nonpartisan research group Factcheck.org. Lawmakers reciprocated by quickly overriding the vast bulk of them. “

“I figured out from Day 1 I had to get along, and I had to work across the aisle to get anything done.”