"Republican voters, faced with a choice between a say-anything robo-pol and a genuine, slightly nutty Southern boy, chose the guy without any money. Romney was so noxious that Republicans actually chose the less viable candidate—not what Republicans are supposed to do"

Slate, how about stating the obvious! Romney lost the south because of religious bigotry, pure and simple. The media has been making an issue about his Mormonism since day one. Read other discussion posts! Do you homework! Romney is by far the best candidate to lead this nation and is the only candidate with consistent conservative platform. Noxious to you, a flaming liberal - yes. Sorry, Robo-pol is McCain, who does his best lame imitation of a Reagan 'conservative' at his CPAC speech today.