They were more right wing and conservative than Mitt. If you can find a single act of conservative anything by Mitt, you’ll be the first. In four years of me saying that, no one has done it yet.
That being the case, there is no justification for supporting him. NONE.
I'm sure you will find some conservative positions, and actions as governor, in this list. For example, Romney vetoed legislation that would have scaled back and eventually eliminated charter schools in MA.
I wasn't enthusiastic about any of the Republican primary candidates in 2012, but I would have voted for any of them, except Ron Paul, against Obama. If Ron Paul had been the nominee, I probably would have not cast a vote in the Presidential contest.