Hmmm, I think we have to look at this conundrum from a different angle. (If you look at my previous anti-Romney posts you will see I agree with you.)
1. Romney is a self-made millionaire.
2. Romney is an excellent family man (large family, stuck by his wife through good and bad unlike Edwards and Newt).
3. Understands the free market (although he cannot explain it adequately which ticks me off)
4. Having Romney as POTUS is not nearly AS scary as having President DumbA$$ (aka America's President Mugabe) at the helm for the next 4 years thereby growing the deficit by another $5 Trillion.
I think both our JRTs would make better POTUS but they are not running.
What's going to decide this election (If Romney is 'our' guy) is self-respect. I cannot vote for a man who tells me he was ALWAYS a Reagan conservative and a pro-lifer and everything else he claims when it's well known that he's taken every side of every issue based only on winning an election (A LA John Kerry).
I cannot vote for a man who lies to me for my vote.