Romney Says It, Remember It: Republicans are all About the Fringe

Just in case you were suffering under the notion that electing a Republican to be our next president might help return this country to the middle, Mitt Romney has had the honesty to tell you otherwise:

You know, this is a critical time for our nation and for our party. We have to decide which direction we’re going to head. And in my view, we’re going to have to bring together the same coalition that Ronald Reagan brought together, conservatives fiscally, conservatives from a military standpoint and conservatives socially.

And I believe that a candidate — and all of us here are Republicans, all of us are trying to put together that same coalition, but it’s essential that the strength of the house Ronald Reagan built is going to lead us to become the successful nation that we’ve always been, and our party to be successful. Because we’re not going to — we’re not going to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House by acting like Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton is not a liberal Democrat: she’s only got a 60 percent progressive rating for her legislative record in the 110th Congress. That makes her a centrist Democrat whose platform is unappealing to many liberals. Mitt Romney’s told you that he and any Republican candidate for president are going to reject the centrism of Hillary Clinton. Romney’s further told you that he and any Republican candidate for president are going to embrace conservatism in all policy dimensions. Mitt Romney’s just told you that if even if you’re a centrist, the Republican party is not for you.

(Source: Republican Party Debate of October 21 2007)