Willard was NEVER conservative, certainly not “severely” conservative as he hilariously claimed in 2012.
He ran to the left of Ted Kennedy in 1994 in his losing run for Senate.
He then became the Gov. of MA, overseeing the predecessor to Obamacare and gay marriage.
He is the quintessential Bush League Republican, a Democrat in an R jersey.
“He ran to the left of Ted Kennedy in 1994 in his losing run for Senate.”
You are one of the few people I know who noticed this. Romney threw the last debate and was voted in as governor soon afterward. He had Teddy on the ropes and threw the game faster than you can say, “Candy Crowley.’