This is becoming the great "Bait and Switch" election.
Up to this point, Mitt Romney has been a tool of the right wing. He has said whatever he thought they wanted to hear. Democrats were more than willing to attack him on his far right positions. On taxes, on immigration, on education, on energy, he was right there with them. He was a "severe conservative".
Then, as if turning on a dime, he has changed his positions on almost every one of them. No, he will not cut taxes for the wealthy if it is not paid for. He loves teachers. He is not against a sensible immigration plan...etc. Overnight, the Democrats find themselves running against a totally different candidate - a much stronger candidate, a moderate.
Romney's problem, if it is one, is whether the right wingers will still accept him if he runs as a true moderate, so long as he stands a better chance of winning the White House? So long as he can beat Obama, they don't really care if he runs as a socialist. He can say whatever he wants. He can be more of a liberal than Obama if he wants and there will not be a political price to pay. That presents a problem for today's Democratic Party. How can they claim the middle if their opponent is already there??
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(Soc-Sec, Medi-Care, Medicaid), regardless of age or earnings in ANY WAY. Nor will he change the age of retirement upward.
If he does that, then any "reforms" will have to be designed to make the above true.
