The Huffington Post has the article Mitt Romney Massachusetts Budget Targeted Programs For Poor, Disabled . I don’t usually post items from this source, but JackH suggested it.  The information in the article is important to understand.

A detailed Huffington Post review of Romney’s budget proposals from his first year in office, however, reveals that he advocated deep cuts to programs serving the state’s most vulnerable — even when those cuts had little effect on the state’s fiscal position. Romney’s aggressive reductions to social programs did not earn support across the aisle. The state legislature ended up overriding more than 115 Romney vetoes in his first year as governor.

“There was no magic in the Romney approach,” recalled former Democratic state Rep. Dan Bosley. It was “cut as many social programs as you can.” Bosley added: “If we didn’t override every one of his vetoes, we overrode most of his vetoes. … There wasn’t a bipartisan effort to run government.”

Romney targeted many programs that had been historically supported by both parties. He pushed to eliminate or gut more than 20 state programs serving veterans, disadvantaged children, and adults with severe physical disabilities. He also sought to cut money for breast cancer screenings, suicide prevention and programs that assisted the blind and the deaf.

These cuts would have totaled $26.8 million — 2.2 percent of the $1.2 billion state budget deficit that Romney inherited upon taking office. None of these cuts were necessary for balancing the state’s budget. All were overridden by the Democratic state legislature, and the state still closed its budget gap with room to spare.

One point you can take away from this is that the nation might survive a Romney administration if the Congress had 85% Democrats to override Romney.  Unfortunately, there is unlikely to be such a lopsided number in Congress.  If there were such a lopsided majority in Congress, President Obama could get the country moving again without the interference of Romney.