They Ask Mitt Anything

   Familiarity Breeds Contempt, Part II: Mitt Romney flashes a million-dollar smile and "favorite son" status as a neighbor to the first-in-the-nation primary, but he cannot outrun some of his old critics on the campaign trail. With the Boston media market casting a long shadow, Granite Staters know who he is, what he has done, and what he has not done. The AP's Glen Johnson reported this week the former Massachusetts governor was grilled by a couple of people in Merrimack on how or why his former lieutenant governor, Kerry Healey, was trounced by Democrat Deval Patrick for governor in 2006. Healey was either a horrible candidate or ran a bad campaign. Or so Romney seemed to say. Here's what Romney had to say: "I think the endorsement of a candidate for the person that follows them is important, but I must admit, overwhelmingly, the most important is the candidate – him or herself – and their campaign."