The Romney campaign is now shifting to the center and it was inevitable, albeit, disheartening to say the least. Since he now realizes he’ll be the nominee, he’s decided to focus on Independents and moderate Republicans and indeed Reagan Democrats, in order to maximize his overall vote count in November. Romney campaigned as a conservative but now that he has the nomination sealed, he’s now campaigning as a moderate for political expediency purposes needless to say.

Conservatives are just one segment within the Republican Party and Independents seem swayed more by “practicality” as opposed to conservative principles. In other words, supporting a candidate based on commonality, rather than on social or moral issues. The economy is the number one issue facing the American people. Therefore Mitt Romney’s number one goal is to focus on the economy and on Obama’s failed presidency, in order to maximize his chances of winning in November.

It is now becoming very apparent he’s decided to put social issues on the back burner until after the election. Even as evidenced by his campaign now shifting to the center as we head toward the convention and the election in November.

The main concern I have is if Romney gets elected president, he may decide to forsake all of the conservative talking points and promises he made to the American people on the campaign trail… before he knew he would be the nominee. Now that he’s got the nomination basically sealed, he’s doing what is politically expedient in order to win the White House. Where have we heard that before?? Which lends credence to the notion: he’s a typical politician.

That is the same method which Barack Obama used to win the White House in 2008. In other words, say and/or do anything necessary to win an election. Hopefully Romney will keep everything above board, unlike Obama did.

Kowtowing to everybody and his uncle just to get elected smacks of impropriety and is disingenuous. If Romney ends up going down the same path Obama did (and no doubt Obama will do again in 2012), he deserves to lose in November if you ask me. He needs to stand on principle and not become weak-kneed in the face of opposition.

Standing on principle and keeping your promises seems to be unimaginably hard for the majority of politicians seeking public office. That’s why Ronald Wilson Reagan is still cherished and revered till this very day. His resolute moral character and his determination to do what was best for the country and the American people made him a leader extraordinaire. He didn’t back down and he didn’t veer Left simply to appease his political opponents or win brownie points. Mitt Romney, on the other hand, has a well known tendency to “appease” people and not to stand on his convictions when pressured from the outside or simply for convenience sake. Like the Ohio ballot measure incident where Romney refused to take a “public” stance on the issue even though his website supported the initiative. Spinelessness comes to mind and it doesn’t bode well for Romney if he ends up winning the presidency and then tacks hard LEFT for political gain or personal reasons.

If Romney becomes President and he veers hard LEFT, there could very well be a revolt within the Republican Party and the result may end up decimating the Republican Party for generations to come, as millions of Republicans end up forsaking the Party that “forgot them” and could end up becoming Independents or Libertarians or having no Party affiliation at all; if indeed Romney governs the country as a liberal, after campaigning as a “severe” conservative on the campaign trail.

You have to remember that Romney actually governed as a liberal as Governor of Massachusetts and he only veered Right (at least in words anyway) when he decided to run for president for the first time in 2007. Hopefully he will be a man of his word (the words he spoke on the campaign trail trying to convince the American people he’s really a conservative) once he’s in office. Time will tell.