Romney's failure to
surpass Barack Obama this summer stems in no small part from his
reluctance to make any bold moves on policy, and this reluctance is a
direct product of the beating he's taken from conservative critics for
much of the last year.
The basic rap on Romney
-- who represented, let us not forget, the conservative alternative to
John McCain during the 2008 race for the Republican presidential
nomination -- was that he wasn't sufficiently conservative. To reassure
conservative primary voters, Romney embraced positions on a wide range
of issues, from immigration to taxes, that are more popular among
reliable Republicans than among swing voters.
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