I’ll be voting Hunter or Thompson in my primary, most likely. But I could vote for McCain in a general election, where Romney is just such a blatant liar and opportunist that I cannot and will not vote for scum like that. I would much rather have a relatively honest pol with some liberal positions than a slimeball. But Romney is a slimeball who still has liberal positions, which puts him way beyond the pale.
The way I see Romney is that he really doesn’t have a set liberal agenda. He bounces back and forth without having a set of principles that are obvious, so we have no idea what he really thinks.
McCain, on the other hand, has been steadfast in the last 20 years in backing liberal policies and agreeing with Dems over Republicans. I see his agenda as following liberal principles (except when it comes to the military). So we can tell what he will do easily - amnesty, higher taxes, reductions of liberties.
He also likes to be the ‘maverick’ and turn against those he is with. He’ll lash out at the Republicans in Congress, just as he’s done his entire career. He’s dangerous to the country and the party, much more than a liberal Democrat.