How do you know this is a plan he would carry out, his entire political history is one of spin and flip flops.
There is not a position he has maintained even the slightest bit of constancy on.
Nobody will be able to argue that Romney will actually do anything he has promised. We don’t know the future.
While Newt is still viable, there’s no reason to compromise.
But we know what Obama has promised to do. And we KNOW that Obama won’t do what we want.
As a general rule, I’d rather vote for a guy who promises to do what is right, even if I don’t trust them, than vote for a guy who promises to do what is bad, in the hopes they actually do right instead.
For example, I wouldn’t vote for a pro-choice candidate — how could I give my vote to a guy who promises to support abortion? But I can vote for a candidate who promises to support pro-life positions, if the opponents are pro-abortion, even if that is a change from past positions, since I am voting for the promise. Then I can hold the candidate accountable for breaking the promise.