Let me ask you something important.
Do think your candidate, Mitt Romney, without any of his political consultants and lawyers to tell him what to say, could last twelve days, or even twelve hours, in a conservative forum like Free Republic, much less twelve years like Tom Hoefling has?
You are correct that Mitt Romney would not last a day once the harpies and the viking kitties got wind of his presence.
But likewise any candidate who publicly expresses only those opinions which are Received Wisdom here on FR would be lucky to get three percent of the vote in any national election.