[JCEccles]

Nearly all successful elected public officials must make some compromises between their public statements and private views. This was as true for Reagan as California governor (e.g., abortion) as it is for Mitt Romney.

In his public views Romney has made a consistent unwavering shift to the right just as Reagan did when he ran for president in 1976 and again in 1980. No flipping. No flopping. Just a steady evolution.

You'll find this is true with Fred Thompson as well.

That's good, because it brings Romney's public views fully into line with his private life. And it is his private life that defines who he is at the core.

[RasterMaster]

Are the candidates taking phone in questions?

[khnyny]

You’re right. Romney is a formidable talent and is running an excellent campaign.

[plain talk]

Good points. Any Republican who survived as a governor of one of the most liberal states in the union has nowhere but to go but up (more conservative).