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When Romney tried to present himself as the most conservative of conservative candidates — remember when he said, playing on Paul Wellstone’s old line, that he represented “the Republican wing of the Republican party”? — a lot of conservatives in Iowa and South Carolina and beyond didn’t quite know what to think. When they saw video of him in the fall of 2002 — not that long ago, during a debate in his run for Massachusetts governor — vowing to “preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose” five times in a relatively brief period of time, they didn’t quite know what to think. When they saw video of him almost indignantly saying that “I wasn’t a Ronald Reagan conservative” and “Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan/Bush; I am not trying to return to Reagan/Bush” — they didn’t quite know what to think. And when they read the letter he wrote saying he would “seek to establish full equality for America’s gay and lesbian citizens” even more than Ted Kennedy, they didn’t quite know what to think.

and at what point will Freepers realize this is why those of us from New England knew the emperor had no clothes?

Agreed, see my post 29.

Also, he often seemed robotic (though articulate).

Button # 1: Immigration line

Button # 2: Ronald Reagan line

Button # 3: Iraq and terror

etc.

Finally, saw emotion from the guy the day he bowed out.

the last two days

I'm not from NE, but I knew what you knew. It took all of, say 10 minutes of googling to find the info.

What boggles my mind, is that so many so-called conservatives couldn't, wouldn't, didn't see it, or apparently, even bother to look for it.

The fact that he had been elected to run the most liberal state in the union, should have been a clue.

So they discounted bona fide conservative candidates , for what, some guy with good hair, and the flashy smile of a used car salesman?

[sigh]