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Jane Swift Takes One For the Team
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| Last Edited | *crickets chirp* Feb 24, 2004 11:37pm |
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| Media | Weekly News Magazine - TIME Magazine |
| News Date | Thursday, March 21, 2002 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Jane Swift looked like she had been through hell. Her eyes were swimming with tears that she refused to let fall. Voice quavering, the acting governor of Massachusetts announced Tuesday that she would not run for the governor's seat this fall. Swift looked as shocked as the members of the state's political establishment, who were expecting her to put up a fight. Only the day before, she was defiantly vowing to contest a late primary challenge from Mitt Romney, chairman of the recent Winter Olympics. But after a night discussing what that fight would be like with her closest advisers and her husband, she was dropping out of the race. "I've never walked away from a fight in my life," Swift said. "That's probably the toughest part of this."
It's tough, but it's the smart move. Some might question Swift's political toughness — the incumbent, she dropped out of a race before her opponent even formally announced his candidacy. But Swift is no pushover. And she knows this was a fight she could not win. By dropping out now, she has done a favor for the state Republican Party. Party leaders will owe her one when she decides to make her political comeback."
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