[ What republicans? ]
The ones that selected him(Romney) and elected him as candidate for President in the primarys.. those republicans..
The same ones that selected and elected Juan McLaim and Shrub Jr..
A bunch of very confused indidviduals.. delusional maybe..
I'd be willing to bet most of them couldn't give you a proper definition of a republic without Google. I think to qualify as a republican you ought to at least be able to do that.