More on Romney from The New Republic:

As Gary Glenn, another conservative Romney-hater and Camenker disciple, explains, "Social conservatives are not going to knowingly support an individual who spent his entire political career supporting abortion on demand and endorsing almost every aspect of the homosexual political agenda and, on top of that, punitive gun control."

But, on the other hand, Romney may really be conservatives' only hope against the dreaded John McCain. The alternatives--Sam Brownback, Duncan Hunter, and Tom Tancredo--are all too fringe to be taken seriously. And Romney has, in the last two years, adopted the right's views on abortion and changed his tone on gay rights. Are social conservatives stuck with a pro-golden shower candidate?

The inside-the-Beltway reaction to the details of Romney's record suggests the answer could be yes. Most Washington conservatives have either ignored the report or put a positive spin on it. "I think that this Romney then-vs.-now memo [that's] out (pun intended) and circulating now, is a bit of a gift to his campaign," a blogger at National Review cheerily wrote, arguing that it's better for such information to appear early in the process.

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The pitch has gone down easy with conservatives because they need an anti-McCain. They don't seem eager to allow some homophobe in Massachusetts to spoil things. "We're getting a lot of negative reaction from Republicans," notes Camenker, who says he's been surprised at the hostility. "'Why are you doing this? Why are you attacking Romney? He's better than Giuliani and McCain.'"