I think there's a bit of selective quoting their by the Beeb and most of those policies seem no more divisive than Obama's. It all depends from where you are looking at them.

Mitt Romney completes tour of Europe by urinating on Lenin's tomb

Daily Mash, of course.

Do ya' think? The short answer is YES!

You continue to portray a shallowness that boggles the mind!

When you say charitable missions, are you talking about his Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where he tries to convince people to join his cult of worshipping Joseph Smith and his made up golden plates that god gave him?

That would be the same Mormon church who actively, and I mean actively, discriminated against black people until 1978, at which time Romney was 31 years old so had remained an active member of an explicitly racist organisation for 13 years as an adult.

Folks, Obama has added as much debt in 3.5 years as Bush did in 8.

All Presidents running for a second term have run on their record, but not Obama. His record on all topics important to Americans is dismal, therefore, he relys on attacks alone (something he said in 2008 nobody should do). Cinton came out on TV and stated that Romney's time at Bain was "sterling". The Democratic Mayor of New Jersey slammed Obama for "attacking success and instigating class warfare were is did not exist". Diane Feinstein, Senior Democratic Senator, stated that "recent slew of security leaks are coming from the White House and must stop".

Simply put, this nation is designed to function as a free enterprise-centric republic. Romney understands very well how that works. Romney has at no time pushed his religion or even let it surface in his daily managerial methods. You will never see this in the U.K, but during his tenure at Bain, he shut the company down for a period and jetted every employee that would agree to a state where a mid level employee's daughter had gone missing to help in the search and assistance of the father. SOund like a real "dangerous man" there.

Bottom line, are we better off than four years ago? No. Unemployment has been at or above 8.2% for over 40 straight months for the first time in history. Obama's tactic is to spend more tax money on "stimulus". The first trillion failed, what will the next one do? He wants to raise taxes on the "rich" ($250K a year with that being total worth of a business), who already pay the majority of tax. The Congressional Budget Office has admitted that the revenues his hike would raise would run the government for 8 days. Therefore, his tactic is obviously not for monetary solutions but rather a divisive tactic to fan the flame of class warefare.
Democrats touted Obama's second run as the first ever "Billion Dollar campaigne". Well, so far, Romney has outraised him three months running and has yet to fully unlease his funds. While Obama runs on divisive rhetoric instead of his dismal record, Romney will continue to speak about the economy and things that matter.

Maybe that is why is not so bothered about the discrimination against the Palestinians

You are correct that small government, business, etc is the main thing with most Americans. The gay and abortion type issues garner massive publicity but does not weigh in at even top ten on the issue list for the vast majority of Americans.
To your point; Romney simply stated that he personally believes marriage is defined as between one man and one woman (nothing about hating gays, etc). His view happens to be shared by the vast majority of Americans. Remember, his, as all Republicans' focus, is on states rights as opposed to heavy-handed Federalism. That philiosophy allows states whose majority agree with gay marriage to make it so and those against to do the same. Obama prefers to force his views on all Americans through Federal intervention. It is hard to get fairer than that IMO.

Like I said, Obama seeks to impose his views federally. Romney wants the states to decide.