Powerline, March 2, 2007:

“In the absence of another first-tier Republican candidate with a longer track-record of up-front social conservatism, Romney is the social conservative in this race as far as I’m concerned. Indeed, one would be hard-pressed to listen to his speech of today and doubt that Romney is the most solidly conservative of the three front-runners, period.”

Every “socially conservative” thing Romney said on March 2, 2007 is the exact opposite of what he said to Massachusetts voters while running for U.S. Senate in 1994 and for Mass. Governor in 2002.

So Powerline must like Romney because he’s the biggest proven liar in the GOP primary field thus far.

Josh Marshall describes well, from my perspective as a Massachusetts native, Romney’s shtick of making fun of Massachusetts as he speaks to “sensible” conservative audiences:

“There are many apt descriptions of Romney: dangerous, opportunist, flipflopper. But, really, the guy just has no class. I think even a lot of dyed in the wool conservatives, who have no use for the Bay State, would see it as just shabby for a guy to bash and ridicule folks whose votes he campaigned for and who, until a couple months ago, he was pledged to serve.”

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