Romney is gambling that social conservatives have such a stranglehold on the nomination process of the Republican Party that they alone can block any candidate. And I strongly suspect that it's not really Thompson who his cultural message is aimed at, but Giuliani. Thompson's wife's age, as long as she's not jail bait, won't resonate much with voters, and since Ronald Reagan never said anything about sex and violence in Hollywood, why would one expect Thompson to do so?

None of the Ten Commandments has anything to say about your wife's age. The Commandments do, however, deal with what Giuliani did, openly, while mayor of New York. He admitted that he was an adulterer, and then went right on being an adulterer until his second divorce came through. In New York City, this elicits yawns. Not so elsewhere.

Romney, of course, has his own cultural skeletons in the closet but he's assuming -- probably correctly -- that he'll be able to explain them away if he gets the Republican nomination. What he'll have a lot more trouble explaining away is why on Earth anyone should elect a true blue social conservative when even true blue social conservatives have come to realize that, once their guy is in office, they are sold out. Their only use to the super-rich is to elect men like Bush and Romney, whose real concerns are low taxes and destroying the social safety net which even true blue social conservatives depend upon.

I really hate to tell the people like Romney and the rest of the "Social Conservatives" the real truth.

You lost in November because you are just as socialistic as the Democrats. Instead of Lenin and marx, you follow modern "Christian" ideals. We don't care about your beliefs. We care about our freedom, our money, and defeating our enemies.

You are as much the problem as Hilliary. Don't tell me how to live.

That's why Thompson is going to win, and why Ron Paul (With all the Charisma of a rotting weasel) is so highly rated.

I will support Fred with my time, money, and words. Romney, McCain, Gulliani, and Bush are just Christian Socialists, no better than Democrats. Spending, entitlements, and attacks on freedom...how is any of that Conservative?

Heath H49008