Romney was a governor. He ran for president. He’s conservative. Many people argue about the last one, since “conservative” is a relative term. He’s more conservative than Sen. McCain, Sen. Kirk, and ex-Mayor Guiliani. According to a March poll, 68% of conservatives think that Romney is conservative.
I'm one of those people. Honestly I'd take Guiliani over Mitt. Decent mayor for a town with few Republicans versus a lousy Governor. Aside from Romney 'claiming' to be pro-life, Guiliani is better.
Slick Willard is a lot of things, but Conservative has never been one of them... ever (lying to a crowd of dupes or the uninitiated doesn’t count). I’ll tell you that having known him 17 years, I find it exceedingly doubtful he has ever cast a vote for a Republican (save himself) in a general election, and I have no hesistation in calling him a Democrat agent with intent to destroy the Republican party (and he already did that). If 68% of “Conservatives” think he is one of them, they are either polling liberals, polling his paid operatives or polling idiots (and those aren’t mutually exclusive). And as for the execrable Mark Kirk, Slick Willard makes him look as honest, principled and Conservative as Jesse Helms, and that’s a hell of an accomplishment.