How about when he dropped his Republican registration in the 1980s because of President Reagan, or when he was giving money and fund raising only for liberal democrats for a while before he became a Republican again in 1993?
Mitt Romney: "I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush."
I dropped from the Republican Party as well because of the way Hastert ran the GOP so far off conservative principles. Granted, I’m not a reachable voter for any Democrat, but I think you’ll find many of us small government conservative libertarian leaning people who used to be die-hard GOP warriors. Now, I will wait until Sarah Palin becomes the leader of the GOP before I put the GOP pin on again.