Romney could easily flip flop back to being a lib for the general election.
I understand but it’s not just Romney. Giuliani has softened his position on Gays and Guns. McCain is back Tracking on Illegal Immigration, at least publically. Huckabee is claiming to be a fiscal conservative. Even Thompson softens his stand on CFR when speaking about it today although he was a very big supporter at the time.
Never-the-less I did take the flip flop factor into consideration and ranked a candidate lower han his stated position if his past statements or votes seemed to be inconsistent with his position today.
Firstly, Romney never was a governing lib like many Hunter-only people claim on FR.
Did he make a few pandering statements while running for US Senate in 1993? Yes.
But when elected Mass. Governor, he governed fairly conservative.
Romney scored A- or B+ from the National Right to Life, and Romney was not endorsed by NARAL or homo-groups like some claim.
Neither did Romney propose allowing openly homo Scoutleaders to take boys on camping trips, or whatever baloney people spread on some FR threads.
All Romney ever said was that all people, including homosexuals, should have equal rights.
Which happens to be what most conservatives believe, including myself.
Besides making a few pandering statments in 1993 and 2002, what specifically are the awful liberal laws Romney is guilty of enacting?
Bump!
He could.. .but in truth; not likely. He lives 'Conservative values'; were he elected 'on them'; believe he will stay close by.
The truth of Rommey is that he IS an honest man; has courage of conviction - and smart enough to know when there is a better solution to an issue; and he knows and practices good leadership.
We can never predict what someone will do; but there is surely evidence in a man's life; as to how he stands; when challenged.
There can be no question as to where Mitt stands, personally. . .better than most of our candidates; and he stands up better than any Demrat.
Agree, Romney's score in this matrix, which is not far below Thompson's, is based on his current positions, but I have no confidence that he would maintain those positions in the face of left-wing opposition. He'd cave and say he had no choice. However, although it would pain me, I could vote for Romney if he won the race. I could also support Rudy. One one of the key issues, the war, I believe Rudy would be great. I also believe that he would not be as easy for the MSM to roll as the other RINOs. So at least we know what we are getting.
Huckabee and McCain would lose by a lot, and I think their nominations would give us a good excuse to find and run a conservative 3rd party candidate. Lincoln ran as a 3rd party candidate in 1860, and won, then his 3rd party ended up taking over, and the Whigs disappeared. Whether we win or not, if the Conservative Party could get more votes than the RINO party, then it could be the start of a realignment, with the left-wing GOPers going to the Dems, and the Conservatives having a party to be proud of and a unified message.
Something to think about, and I think, only to be considered if the nominee is McCain or Huckster, proven libs who would kill the party anyway and who would lose the general election. We would lose nothing by this time voting our consciences.