Romney is about the same as Schwarzenegger and Juliani. That is, fiscal conservative / social liberal to moderate.
No rabid conservative there. But he sure is pretty.
Personally, I would take a fiscal conservative who is a social liberal. Unlike many on this forum, I beleive fiscal management is a far more crucial topic than social issues. The problem is I fear any official who is a liberal socially will transfer those beliefs into budget and fiscal decisions. Do you really feel anybody can by a social liberal and a fiscal conservative once in power in Washngton? Let's define "social liberal". I don't care about porn on TV, and I don't care about the abortion issue. What I do care about . . .
English as our national language
closed and secure borders
government out of the health care business
no quotas
no reverse discrimination
ending spousal rights for gay couples
ending teaching of any classes in any language other than English
dropping Western Civ and Eastern Civ from school curiculums and adding more American History
etc.
My idea of "social moderate/liberal" is probably a lot different than yours and most others'.