you anyway, because my thoughts could be wrong and yours could be right. I believe Romney is totally consumed with desire to become the President. I can't say why he is, and it's obvious that he does not have any self-conceptions of what he will do if elected. All he wants is the title, and he wants it desperately. These are my speculations: - Mitt wants to one-up his dad, but not like George W. did. I think he wants to achieve the only thing his father failed to do as a posthumous way of  honoring him. Maybe Mitt has always believed his father didn't love him enough. Maybe this has left him with a feeling of unworthiness that needs to be proven wrong. - As a devout Mormon, Mitt may be serving on another, greater, church mission. The LDS faith cherishes it's tradition as being outsiders, and at the same time deeply wants to be a part of the American mainstream. After a lifetime of living among them, I've seen this psychological split in them very often. - I believe Mitt has wanted to be just one of the guys his entire life. And he doesn't know how. His extended family are ranchers, businessmen and farmers, and his father rose from being a common working man. Mitt wants to feel like he is one of them, but his privileged upbringing never gave him a clue as to how to become one. - I don't think Ann Romney has any