( CNN ) -- I suppose Republicans are to be congratulated for nominating a Latino Navy SEAL as their Senate candidate in Massachusetts . I recall when GOP lowlifes mocked and lied about the war heroism of John Kerry , and just last year Mitt Romney was saying the DREAM Act was a `` handout '' and Latinos voted for President Obama because they wanted `` gifts . '' But if you 're looking for a `` new kind of Republican , '' Gabriel Gomez is not your candidate . He has called himself that . But in a recent debate , he admitted he would vote for Supreme Court nominees who would repeal Roe v. Wade . Nothing new there . He opposes the assault weapon ban , which even George W. Bush supported . So to the extent that 's new , it 's moving in the wrong direction in the eyes of most Bay State voters . He opposes Obamacare , even though it 's working in Massachusetts already , and it was so dear to the heart of Massachusetts ' legendary Ted Kennedy . Same old stuff . He has said he is open to repealing the home mortgage deduction for middle-class Americans but helped himself to a $ 281,500 income tax deduction in 2005 for not making changes to the facade of his pricey house . Republicans hammering the middle class but helping the rich -- that 's not exactly new either . Oh , wait . Here 's something new . As a private equity financier , Gomez -- in the words of the Boston Globe -- served as a director of several companies `` while they took on significant debt and cut jobs or moved overseas . '' A Massachusetts Republican who got rich while laying folks off and shipping jobs overseas ? Where have I heard that before ? Alex Castellanos : Gomez a dream candidate for GOP . Gomez is not a new kind of Republican . And that is why he is going to lose . In the Senate , Democrat Ed Markey will fight alongside Massachusetts ' rising star , Elizabeth Warren ; Gomez would cancel her vote . Markey will support President Obama ; Gomez will oppose him . Markey will stand for progressive change : an increase in the minimum wage , universal prekindergarten , tax fairness , rebuilding our roads and bridges and more . Gomez will empower obstructionist Republicans like GOP leader Mitch McConnell and the tea party extremists . That is why Markey will win and Gomez will lose : because it 's not enough to just say you 're new . Heck , I could say I 'm George Clooney , but it wo n't change the fact that I 'm a middle-aged balding dude . Gomez 's military record is impressive , and his immigrant story is all-American . But his politics are just more of the same old Republican line .
GOP Gomez is running against Republican Paul Begala for GOP seat . Gabriel Gomez : Gomez is styled as a `` new kind of Republican , '' but that 's far from true . Begala : His military record is impressive , but his politics are standard old GOP . Begala : He opposes Obamacare and abortion and is on the side of the wealthy .