As a Democrat, I won't be voting for any Republican candidate. However, I am amused at the criticisms leveled at Romney and, for that matter, at other Republican candidates. For one, I don't care that his IRS tax rate is only 15%. Why would I? I don't care that he has changed his opinion regarding a number of issues. I've changed mine on some of them over the years. Wouldn't one be quite pedantic to do otherwise? Wouldn't one want a President who is responsive to a changing American environment?

Tea Party aligned Congressional members have learned that merely being in office does not achieve one's objectives. The most successful politicians learn that it's all about compromise. I see Romney as a compromiser and Gingrich and Santorum as ideologues and Gingrich having been Speaker of the House should know better.