One more thing...I think Mitt pandered to the voters in MA.
Hopefully, given his background, he’s not pandering now.
How are we to know, though?
Mitt has always been a conservative. He thought the government shouldn’t be involved in abortion (I believe that now), he was labeled as an abortionist, although he never believed in abortion. He only believed that the government shouldn’t be involved in it.
His record clearly shows that he governed Mass as a conservative, even with an 85% democrat majority in the houses. He got a lot of major accompolishments done.