Mitt Romney is kind of like those cyborgs from the Terminator movies who can alter their appearance at will.

Seriously, if it were suddenly revealed that Romney is actually a "terminator" from the future sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor so her son would not be born, I wouldn't bat an eyelash.

Romney didn't use the exact words from the movie while campaigning before the Michigan primary, but in effect what he told voters there was, "Come with me if you want to live."

Romney, of course, isn't the only candidate who will do or say anything to win the nomination, but he is the most accomplished.

If Hillary Clinton continues to gain among women voters because women want a woman in the White House, I swear, Romney will transgender.

If he is anything, Romney is an agent of change. Has been all his life.

The first thing Romney changed was his name. I don't know exactly when this came about, but it most likely occurred immediately after he became aware that his given name was Willard and his middle name was Milton.

Willard, of course, is too weird a name to go through life attached to, and Milton is just one rung below being a boy named Sue. And so, Willard Milton became Mitt.

Exactly when Mitt became a red-meat Conservative Republican is easier to document. It happened when he decided to seek the GOP nomination for president.

Unfortunately, Romney had a record as governor of Massachusetts that was more cucumber salad than sirloin. But he got around this by simply going into cyborg mode and altering his views to match those of his audience. Remember the religion issue? When it became apparent that large swaths of evangelicals were not looking favorably on Romney, he ginned up a big speech in Houston in which he compared himself to John F. Kennedy, and left everyone with the impression he was actually a Southern Baptist Mormon.

Remember gun control?

As governor of Massachusetts, Romney signed tough gun-control laws, but when he began running for president, he joined the National Rifle Association and claimed to be a lifelong hunter. Turns out he may, or may not, have shot a chipmunk when he was a kid.

Remember same-sex marriage?

Romney used to say that the issue of same-sex marriage should be decided by the states. Now he favors a constitutional amendment banning it everywhere (except, I'm thinking, San Francisco, if things aren't going well in the California primary).

Remember stem cells?

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