To Reiterate

I remain baffled by the number of people who are convinced that the superficially moderate Romney who was governor of Massachuetts is the “real” one who’s just pretending to be a wingnut to get the Republican nomination. If you look at the less visible parts of his record in context, I think it’s much more likely that he’s substantially more intrinsically conservative on social issues than any Republican nominee in decades. It doesn’t matter since he’ll govern as a wingnut no matter what he “really” believes, but I suspect he’s more Santorum than Nelson Rockefeller.