One last thing: For conservatives who worry that Romney is disingenuous, how would it have helped them to know he used the 2006 gubernatorial race merely as a way to get to their 2008 hearts? Gosh, and for Massachusetts residents who already complain his attention was split during the second half of his tenure…imagine if he blatantly used them for a White House run. I think I would think a lot differently about him if he ran for reelection knowing he would lose primarily to have a race he ran as a conservative to show conservatives as he ran for president.