Romney will move the Republican party “permanently to the left?” Nonsense. Richard Nixon was just as liberal as Mitt Romney. And 6 years after he resigned we elected Ronald Reagan.
Nothing is permanent in politics. Relax Francis.
He'll move it to the left by eliminating social issues from the platform and making it gay friendly. Gay marriage will be the law of the land after Romney puts pro-gay marriage justices on SCOTUS like he did in Massachusetts.
But, worse, like Nixon, he'll move the country to left.
It was -- yes -- Nixon that created the EPA. Have we gotten rid of it and the damage it is doing to economy and all the freedom being taken away because its oppressive regulations?
The same thing will be true when Romney gives us Romneycare and a VAT tax. Those things will never be abolished if passed.