Massachusetts update: Mitt Romney wins!

From the Boston Globe: "Bulger set to resign today"

William M. Bulger, the legendary strongman of state politics who has led the University of Massachusetts to new respectability during the last seven years, plans to announce today he will step down as UMass president following weeks of criticism over his role in the federal investigation of his fugitive mobster brother, James ''Whitey'' Bulger, according to a person close to discussions between Bulger and UMass trustees.

Mass. Governor Mitt Romney has been trying to pry Bulger out of this position since Romney took office, but the old-boy Democratic network here in the Bay State has sustained Bulger. Finally, some progress. I wonder if there was some backroom deal to get Bulger to leave.