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Um, no. Romney was never a radical not liberal.

If you want to know Mitt’s 1994 positions, look at his flyers:

http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/166511.aspx

http://www.politico.com/pdf/wmr_1994_senate_flier_side_1.pdf

In 1994, he ran as a mostly-conservative candidate against Ted Kennedy.
Mitt’s 1994 positions:
- pro death penalty
- pro mandatory sentences
- pro welfare reform: require work with welfare, drug testing
- opposing Clinton tax increases
- supporting tougher measures to stop illegal immigration
- support school choice through vouchers
- oppose govt takeover of healthcare, oppose employer mandates, opposed increased taxes to pay for govt healthcare
- support term limits
- oppose taxpayer finance campaigns
- support requiring congress live by laws they pass
- oppose higher taxes on social security recipients

his liberal positions were
- fight discrimination of all kinds
- women’s right to choose

Brody file says:
“The mainstream media likes to run with the flip flop angle. There’s validity to it but let’s also be real here. It’s a sexier story than one that shows how Romney’s been a pretty consistent conservative for awhile. This 1994 campaign flyer is being discussed on blog sites like Iowans for Romney.

Romney has taken a lot of heat for changing his position on abortion. But you have to wonder: Maybe Romney’s been a conservative all along. It’s just that in liberal Massachussets, to get elected, sometimes you have to bend a little more than you want to.”

There has been a lot less ‘conversion’ than assumed. On almost all issues (with the notable exception of abortion/life), Romney has been *consistently* and genuinely on the conservative side all along.