Re: Romney is not the answer for conservatives
by
Groveramherst
02/07/2008, 8:07 AM
Why doesn't anyone say that Romney's splitting up the Huckabee vote? Huckabe's base is evangelical Christians, and countless pols have shown that a majority will not vote for a mormon candidate (evidently a candidates platforms don't matter nearly as much as who they prey too...guess we're lucky we survived Truman). So Huckabe's base won't vote for Romney, but Romneys might vote for Huckabe. Romney wen't after the, "do you remember when things were simple and we all went to church and God hadn't invented gays yet," group. Does anyone believe that the people following his idealized 50's tour campaign couldn't just as easily jump onto the Huckabe bandwagon? The only other thing Romney can tout is his financial experience, but Huckabel isn't any worse than McCain, and he has the added experience of dealing with the AK budget.
And as for feeling bad for Romney that his mormonism has hurt his campaign (at least in Iowa), he bit the hand that fed him in rebuking every social position he originally took as governor of Massachusetts, and publically mocked the commonwealth as well. To turn his back on those that elected him in order to woo the most intolerant demographic in the American political landscape...It's his own damn fault.