Romney's CEO style rankled Mass. lawmakers

BOSTON (AP) ? What worked for Mitt Romney in the corporate boardroom didn't fly in the more raucous corridors of the Massachusetts Legislature.

Now the Republican candidate for president, Romney took over as governor in 2003 after a long, successful career as CEO at the private equity firm Bain Capital. But his top-down corporate management style soon rankled Democrats who overwhelmingly controlled the Massachusetts House and Senate.

Unlike the three Republicans who preceded him as governor, the politically inexperienced Romney was never at ease with the chummy world of trading favors for votes.

Romney's mostly fraught relations with state lawmakers could provide insight into how he'd handle a Congress that might still be politically divided if he's elected president.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/romneys-ceo-style-rankled-mass-lawmakers-064928759.html

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