I'm with you. I think Romney polls lousy in the South because nobody ever heard of him, or at least a lot of folks don't know him. Once he starts winning some early primaries he'll jump into first.
You haven’t done your homework if you like Romney. He is a “tell them what I think they want to hear guy”. Go back to his campaigns for the Senate against Ted (which he lost) and his campaign for Governor. He has one set of values for Mass. voters and another set for the country. He is a lot slicker and polished than John Edwards of the Democrat party, but he is his equal when it comes to being a hypocrit.