I actually liked Mitt Romney as Governor of Massachusetts. My dad voted for him for Senate in 1994 against Ted Kennedy and again for Governor in 2002 and I would have voted for him in 2007 had he run for re-election because he was a moderate Republican who was good at balancing the budget and was realistic on issues such as abortion and healthcare reform.
However, Mitt Romney really wants to be President and has over-learned the lesson of "know your audience". He will never win the Presidency if he seems like a complete opportunist. One of the things I always admired about George W. Bush is agree or disagree with him, you always knew where he stood. With Romney, a virtual pro-choicer vs. Ted Kennedy in 1994 and a staunch pro-lifer as a Presidential candidate, you have no idea where he stands. He just stands wherever the rhetoric is most likely to make him president.
And again, as long as this recession continues, I don't see how a country with high unemployment elects a guy who was CEO for a business which helped companies be more profitable by laying off people. Trust me,
To see Romney's early pro-choiceness click for the jump.
