I’m not convinced we are talking about the same set of horses.
Because of the nature of Mitt’s past Governorship and the nessity of his political positioning thereto it is impossible to accurately judge his true positioning now with respect to the present position he is now running for.
I cannot reiterate enough the need to distinguished between state level politics & policy’s and that of Federal Politics & policy’s. We must Never allow ourselves to fall into the trap of believing the 2 should be fully equable. To do so leads us down the dark path too many of our politicians have taken in treading Washington like a 2nd usurper State government.
Replay the debates. All you have to do is listen to Romney’s words now. His first instinct is always to provide a solution to a problem from a stance of big powerful central government, instead of trying to get govt out of the way, limit it, and let the people solve problems and retain their freedom. That is the heart and core of socialism.