What if Romney died?

If Mitt Romney died before he became 70th Governor of Massachusetts and later presidential canidate in 08 and GOP nominee in 2012, what would Massachusetts politics look like without him and who would replace him in the political scene in 2008 and 2012?

Two ways this might happen:

1) He dies in the car crash in France
2) There is speculation that he could have gone to the Twin Towers on the day of the attack had it not been a schedule change, most of this is conspiracy BS....but let's just assume this is a possibility here.
 
If Mitt Romney died before he became 70th Governor of Massachusetts and later presidential canidate in 08 and GOP nominee in 2012, what would Massachusetts politics look like without him and who would replace him in the political scene in 2008 and 2012?

Two ways this might happen:

1) He dies in the car crash in France
2) There is speculation that he could have gone to the Twin Towers on the day of the attack had it not been a schedule change, most of this is conspiracy BS....but let's just assume this is a possibility here.

No Romneycare, and therefore no Obamacare.
 
in the 2012 presidential election we might see the nomintion of a republican not popular with the moderates but great conservitves like newt gingrich or rick santorum
 
No Romneycare, and therefore no Obamacare.

Some kind of health plan would have passed in the Obama first term. There would have been more pressure for Barbour,Christie or Daniels to run in 2012. Maybe more than one of them runs and they split the moderate vote and my favorite scenario, Santorium wins the nomination, takes place.
 
in the 2012 presidential election we might see the nomintion of a republican not popular with the moderates but great conservitves like newt gingrich or rick santorum

Some other moderate would win. No other moderates aside from Huntsman really jumped in because Romney was unbeatable for the moderate vote.
 
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