You're probably right. I prefer Romney to any of the other electables. As for social issues, he is a Mormon. Some don't like that fact, but at least, generally, the Mormons have some semblance of Christain values. I know he waffles on abortion, but my sense is that he has done that to get elected governor of Mass. Didn't he do a Hillary to get elected there? He's not from there. I think he has been planning on the presidency for some time and he knew that being a governor is the best credential for the job. I have no idea why he chose Mass. I'm surprised he didn't choose WV. Rockefeller did. WV is easily bought.
Romney went to Harvard Law School and MBA school and stayed on in Boston with consulting. Nearly all of his professional career was spent in Boston and they raised their family there. In 1999 he was called upon to lead the Olympics in SLC Utah. He had roots there and after the Olympics they were planning to stay in Utah . . . but the Mass. GOP "Drafted" him to supplant their INCUMBENT candidate that was dying in the polls. He rode the wave of his incredible excecutive success off the Olympics to a comfortatble 10-12% win in a state with only 18% registered Republicans.
So, he didn't pull a Hillary Clinton-New York thing since that was his home for so long. He wasn't eyeing the presidency back then . . . but everyone took note when he won so convincingly that he was definitely one of the GOPs "rising stars." He's quickly "warmed up" to the idea of being POTUS. With hindsight being 20/20 I'm sure he were Gov. of a place like WV or Ohio, or Michigan!
He's even said, "By the way, had I known I was ever going to get into politics, I think someone would have told me. Don't stay in Massachusetts, the most Democratic state in America, go back home to Michigan where your dad's name is golden." (father was a well loved 2 term Republican Gov. of MI)
I agree that he's the most capable executive among the 3 "electables" and the most conservative. It's a no-brainer to me.