[Sybeck1]

I feel Mitt sees that W couldn’t get reelected because he tacked left. I sees a first term to the right of GWB to insure reelection. The second term would be a craps shoot.

[RinaseaofDs]

Being kind, I hope you are right, but the fact is that you are speculating in a big way.

My guess is that he reads his victory as a mandate from the middle, and governs like Lindsay Graham, or worse.