Writes The Wall Street Journal, “In many ways, 'The Real Romney' underscores flaws that still haunt the GOP frontrunner despite overhauling his strategy since 2008. The core criticism: He’s an out-of-touch flip-flopper who lacks the socially conservative chops to represent the party.” In the book, Kranish and Helman quote an unnamed Romney aide who discusses the candidate’s 2008 bid. “Everything could always be tweaked, reshaped, fixed, addressed…. It was foreign to him on policy issues that core principles mattered – that somebody would go back and say, ‘Well, three years ago you said this.’”
