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Romney in 2002: I’m a Progressive

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New clip from governor’s race surfaces.

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If conservative voters sense something’s not quite right about Mitt Romney’s 2012 pitch, they’re onto something. In a new video that shows Romney talking to reporters during his 2002 gubernatorial campaign, Romney makes the opposite of the case for himself that he’s currently making to GOP voters. “I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican, that I'm someone who is moderate, and my views are progressive,” he says.

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