LOL!! HE is a KNOWN flip flopper for years and it didn't hurt him with idiot voters.
It's more likely he's a starch white Mormon conservative who will feel right at home in a right-center nation, and may indeed flourish in this environment. It remains to be seen if he'll buckle under to the liberal beltway media, but so far indications are he won't.
As for this Obamacare loving associate in charge of transition; it's nothing but a bone for a trusted competent employee who has no real influence on policy.