It’s soooo early, let me begin with. Soooo early.

But what better time to scope out the prospects?

Why all the Romney bizness? Because he’s one to watch.

To be honest, he first caught my eye on the superficial grounds (see, uh, “Hot for Governor“–the titles one opts for when sleep deprived inauguration week!). He’s a young, good looking, articulate, charming Republican–which, hey, doesn’t hurt in a presidential candidate.

He has a real job.

I’m impressed with some of the people around him.

He’s not perfect, as I have pointed out–his vague position on abortion being problem number one (not an issue I, for one, am going to give our ‘08 guy a pass on, as you can imagine!), but, again, he’s worth watching.

Most recently, I’ve been impressed with his anti-cloning position (despite his embryo research position not being my ideal)–it’s so infrequent that a pol even knows what he’s talking about on the “bioethics” issues, and he really seems to get the problems with opening the door to cloning as Harvard and much of the Mass. statehouse would do. Because he is taking a hardline position on cloning, he deserves support from cloning opponents, many who might shy away because he is willing to permit the use of “surplus” IVF frozen embryos. But my take is: It’s a start. Let’s support his efforts to prohibit all cloning there. That’s an uphill enough battle.

That’s not a ‘08 endorsement by any stretch, but I’d keep my eye on.