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Which actually serves to give me confidence that as President he would appoint Conservative judges. It's just political reality. In MA he couldn't afford to tick off Democrats. As President he wouldn't be able to afford ticking off Conservatives.

He served one term in MA. He could have ticked off the Dems to his heart's content. He didn't because ideologically, he's one of them.

He served one term in MA. He could have ticked off the Dems to his heart's content. He didn't because ideologically, he's one of them.

Respectfully, I don't recall if he announced at the start of his term that it would be his only one or not. Either way, if he had his eye on one of the Senate seats as a follow-up, he certainly could not have operated outside of certain ideological constraints.

Please understand, I'm not saying to trust Romney, take him at his word, etc. What I'm saying is that an understanding of the political environment he'd have to govern within as President, coupled with a belief that he's a serious opportunist, means that its highly unlikely that he'd appoint Liberal or Moderate justices. And "unlikely" is a much more palatable position, for me anyways, than the "certain" we'll get with a second Obama term.