He sounded in debate like a "competence liberal": "All liberals are competent, and all competent people are liberal. Conservatism is a guarantee of defectiveness."
But the significant fact here is that he's splitting Mittens's vote. Hmmmm.
I agree that he could be considered to ba taking some of the Romney vote. I’ll admit to not quite understanding your Competence
Liberal vs Consevative point though.
I don’t recall seeing the term ‘Competence Liberal’ before.