I think the Mitt Romney wing of the Republican party is what they in our neighbor to the north (The Great White) Canada: “Red Tories” (more aptly liberals pretending to be conservatives for the ‘perks’).
Well, that’s interesting! I’d never heard of “red Tories” in Canada, this despite all the many times I’ve traveled there. Weird that I know more about Tory divisions in the much-more-distant UK, eg “dry” Tories like Enoch Powell and Margaret Thatcher vs. “wet” Tories like Ted Heath and Michael Heseltine. Seems I need to study up on Canadian politics.