"Being a conservative Republican in Massachusetts is a bit like being a cattle rancher at a vegetarian convention."
-- Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), quoted in a Washington Post article about how he's trying to appeal to conservatives for a potential 2008 presidential campaign.
"For months, this blue-state governor has been pitching himself to conservatives in a way that campaign experts say is highly unusual -- perhaps even historic. Instead of talking about his home state with the usual lip-quivering pride, Romney uses it like a vaudeville comic would use his mother-in-law: as a laugh line."