To all the wishful thinkers out there, Romney's sons are stunningly strait-laced ... I believe all were married by age 22 and had kids by 25. He is a grandfather to at least 12 to 15 kids, and he's only about 60 years old.
Romney is intensely unpopular with those of us in this part of the country who know him best. The reason he only served one term as governor (aside from his burning ambition to be president) was that there's no way he would've won re-election, with approval ratings in the 30s by the time he left office ... and defeated ex-governors don't make particularly appealing presidential candidates.
There's no doubt that Romney has accomplished great things in life, both at Bain Capital and the Salt Lake City Olympics, but he's the worst type of pandering, slick politico. Seemingly he has no firm convictions, having flip-flopped rightward on virtually every major social issue out there (abortion, gay rights, stem cell research). It's amazing to me that anyone is treating him as a serious presidential candidate on the basis of his slim record in Massachusetts. It must be all about the hair and the generic presidential "look." Sad.
Steve