[littleharbour]

There’s a thin gloss of conservatism covering Romney the candidate, which would immediately give way to Liberal Romney the moment he became President. And it is all but certain that he would, as soon as nominated, lurch to the “centre” (i.e. left) on the false premise that independents want him to run away from conservative principles. It wasn’t moderation that caused independents to vote overwhelmingly for Republican candidates in 2010 - it was hard nosed conservatism. If Romney (or any other nominee) were to go to the centre, conservatives would stay home and independents would go back to the Dems.

[Thane_Banquo]

There’s a thin gloss of conservatism covering Romney the candidate, which would immediately give way to Liberal Romney the moment he became President the day after the GOP convention.

Fixed.

[presently no screen name]

There’s a thin gloss of conservatism covering Romney the candidate,

Really? What is this thin gloss? All I see is he REEKS of liberalism/socialism. What do you think I'm missing?

[sick1]

I think that you largely misread Romney on this. I don’t believe he’s got any deep burning desire to “go lib”. That said, if he had a liberal congress - he’d be left center president. On the flip side, I don’t think if given a conservative congress he’d be any more likely to veto or push back. I think naturally he’s a bit right of center but mostly about getting things done (which can be scary as it was with Bush). All that said, given the choices on the table I’m at Romney, Santorum, Paul, and then Gingrich.

Here’s to wishing Cain had held the sausage. I think he would have been a game changer.