Mitt: ‘progressive’ to ‘conservative’ in 27 months

Published December 13, 2011 5:00am ET



A devastating video has emerged this morning showing Mitt Romney declaring himself as a non-partisan “moderate” and “progressive” candidate as he was courting the liberal Massachusetts electorate in 2002. Yet just over two years after the statement was made, as he geared up toward a presidential run, he started describing himself as a “conservative Republican.”

In the video segment that aired on New England Cable News, Romney can be seen making a late campaign push before his November 2002 election as governor of Massachusetts.

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