Let the flip-flops begin!

I've pointed out before that Mitt Romney's MO is to make like Bush-- talk liberal, govern reactionary. Given the '06 results and the familiarity of that schtick, it might not be so easy to get away with it in two years (although it's still working all right for the Governator).

Comments Governor Mitt Romney made during his 1994 Senate bid, in which he said the gay and lesbian community "needs more support from the Republican Party," resurfaced yesterday, posing a potential hurdle as he appeals to conservatives for a probable presidential campaign.

Bay Windows, the Boston-based gay and lesbian newspaper, republished excerpts from an August 1994 interview the paper did with Romney during his campaign against Senator Edward M. Kennedy. In the interview, Romney said it should be up to states to decide whether to allow same-sex marriage and he criticized Republican "extremists" who imposed their positions on the party.

"People of integrity don't force their beliefs on others, they make sure that others can live by different beliefs they may have," Romney is quoted as saying.

More recently, Romney's words and deeds have sent a very different message. (. . .)

Romney has been an outspoken proponent of a federal constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Last spring, he wrote a letter to Senate majority leader Bill Frist urging its passage.

Are there any GOP hopefuls for '08 whose actions aren't dictated by shameless pandering?