Toss what away? Romney is a conservative. He campaigned for POTUS as such. He governed the most liberal state in the Union as best he could mostly as such.
“He governed the most liberal state in the Union as best he could mostly as such.”
Anyone who would appeal to the people of Massachusetts would not appeal to me. He either lied to them about his positions or he is lying to conservatives - I tend to think the latter.
Go back and look at the pre-campaign articles from Mass. if you want to see how he governed. He never had a Socially Conservative thought in his life until he decided to run for president.