Three days later, at a State House Veterans Day ceremony, Romney invoked the former president again, saying, "As Ronald Reagan once said, 'I have seen four wars during my lifetime and none of them began because America was too strong."'
And then last Friday, asked by a Fox News interviewer whether he was running for president, Romney said he was giving it some serious thought, because the stakes were so high. "We're going to have to make sure that we have the kind of Reagan optimism that America's looking for," he said.
Romney's repeated references to the nation's 40th president in two weeks illustrate how the governor, as he builds toward a 2008 presidential bid, is increasingly trying to cast himself in the Reagan mold — as a patriotic, small-government conservative from outside the Beltway who's bent on repelling taxes, moral relativism, and foreign threats.
Like many Republicans, Romney has long described Reagan as one of his heroes, but as the governor's White House hopes have gained steam, his admiration has turned to emulation: Romney seems to be channeling the former president's conservative convictions, his hopeful message, and even his witty, folksy style of connecting with voters from South Carolina to Southern California. http://www.deseretnews.com
He just said that Don't Ask don't tell seems like a silly policy. So gays can serve if they stay in the closet? Either they can serve or not or maybe in some roles but not others. Actually it's being studied as we speak. I would still consider Cheney a Conservative.
Romney has consistently said that he doesn't want to be a partisan politician. Saying he was against the Contract with America as a tactic doesn't mean he disagreed with most of the ideas.
You can twist any comment how you wish and I really doubt you bother to read the more detailed explanations. I'm sure to some everything needs to be in bumper sticker form for them to grasp. If you take the time to read up you will see that Reagan wasn't as black and White as you think.
If you want to answer the other question such as why does Mitt want to be President he does have a book coming out. I'm not here to do all your research.
LOL, so which line in my post did you refute?
Romney has a record as governor of Massachusetts, and, from a conservative point of view, it isn’t a good one. We know what he’s done. In light of that why should we give a d@mn what he says?