Bruce Bartlett, a former economic adviser to President Ronald Reagan, says that an earlier Mitt Romney may have rejected the current Mitt Romney's tax plan.
So, the Wisconsin Republican's half-hearted support for ENDA puts him somewhat to the right of Earlier Mitt Romney (who unequivocally supported ENDA while running for the Senate in 1994, actually vowing to co-sponsor it and expand it to include housing and credit), but definitely to the left of Current Mitt Romney, who doesn't support ENDA at all, now callously claiming it would harm businesses.
Monday EARLY MORNING Mitt Romney calls Mr. Akin's comments "inexcusable".
After several early roadblocks, Mitt Romney now has a fairly certain path to the Republican nomination.
— NATE SILVER It's still very early, but Mitt Romney is having a poor night in Minnesota so far.
More rejoicing ensued, and sparkling wine for those who could take it so early, after Mitt Romney conceded defeat and Mr Obama spoke.
But there are other issues at play, too, like the lack of big bank accounts by a few of the Republican candidates (Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann) and the decision by others to delay running active campaigns in certain early states (Mitt Romney in Iowa; Gov. Rick Perry in New Hampshire).
Early frontrunner Mitt Romney has spent the last four years approaching the Platonic ideal of the shameless panderer who, when expedient, adopts positions that are diametrically opposed to one another.
At one of the earlier debates, Mitt Romney's rivals were able to get under his skin.
And while Ms. Fiorina was a top economic adviser to Senator John McCain in the 2008 presidential campaign, Ms. Whitman's early choice was Mitt Romney.
