Romney is the typical political weasel; he is for all three sides of any issue, yet somewhat against it too. The GOP has decided to play the electoral college, winner take all, numbers game, and thus have abandoned any real platform at all. Presidential elections boil down to being controlled by the winner of a few key "swing" states, and those elections are decided by the mood of "independent" voters.
The GOP has now decided to use "moderate" or RINO candidates, like Dole, McCain and Romney to try to win that tiny segment of voters that now actually decide any national election. Romney will get all of the right and ABO vote, none of the left and, HOPEFULLY, enough of the "key" independent voters to get the win. That is the ONLY real GOP strategy present, and why Romney must simply "look presidential" and not make too many mistakes. USA, USA, USA...