Yeah, he had a major faults. But was still better than Romney. And if he had won he’d maybe do 1/5 of these EO’s and never pressure congress for an AWB. I think Romney would’ve pushed for an AWB as well.
His record in mass pretty much pointed the odds in that direction.
But the whole thing is that (may be too late) we have to stop fielding half-conservatives to begin with. Because we are now living the results of that REALLY bad idea with the Bhoners et all of the House and Senate.