The debate last week was an important moment for Romney’s campaign. It was Romney’s solid performance that allowed him to get back into the race when Obama had been leading in the polls prior to the debate.

Of course, the Romney that was losing in the polls is not the Romney that fought in the debate. That was helpful in boosting his performance versus Obama’s sleep inducing presentation.

Romney’s campaign has changed dramatically from where it was back in May. Some of this is expected—every candidate needs to be more extreme than they really are to win their primaries and then become more moderate during the general election.

What is striking though is how Romney isn’t just changing views, but contradicting his own opinions from just a few months ago.

Consider this: Romney, at the debate last week, said that he would not be lowering the taxes of the upper class. He was pretty clear, saying, “I will not reduce the taxes paid by high income Americans.”

Romney was equally clear back in February at the CNN debate versus other Republicans when he said, “Number one, I said today that we’re going to cut taxes on everyone across the country by twenty percent—including the top one percent.”

Romney also said at the presidential debate that he wants to increase the amount of teachers we have. That’s laudable to most, but not to Romney’s views from the distant past of 4 months ago. Romney believed back then that we needed less firefighters, less policemen, and less teachers, a view which he expressed to his supporters at a rally.

I don’t write this to say that Romney is a bad guy, which his record in politics has shown he isn’t. The problem is that he isn’t a consistent politician, but instead an opportunist.

I guess I can’t be too mad about Romney’s views though. Surely at one point he shared mine.