It's really amazing that Massachusetts happens to have a sturdy conservative governor like Romney. Liberal Mass. could very easily have gotten a Pataki type or even a Gray Davis type. The fact that they have Romney as governor during this same-sex marriage fiasco is so fortunate.
Heh, well. Mitt is a good leader, likable, electable, a good candidate. A President Romney will appoint conservative judges; you can take that to the bank. But he's only reasonably conservative, running to the right at the moment just enough to be viable for GOP primaries. Should he win the nomination, he'll run back to the center. Just warning you.