[laconic]

He will talk himself out of the race. A lot of thinly-veneered anti-Mormon comments by this guy. This is the last thing the Party needs for its most loyal constituency (prob. 90 percent Republican).

[ansel12]

“This is the last thing the Party needs for its most loyal constituency (prob. 90 percent Republican).”

I would like to see those national figures for the Mormon vote, I’m not buying 90%.

[PAR35]

(prob. 90 percent Republican).

Those 90% republicans can be counted on to turn out for Harry Reid, and the Udall clan, can't they?

[FastCoyote]

“He will talk himself out of the race.”

Hopefully both Huck AND Mitt will talk themselves out of the race. Huck is playing on his Holier than Thou position as a minister. But Romney can’t hide from the question Huck asked, nor from a lot even more difficult questions (for example, did God the Father inseminate the Virgin Mary?), because these questions go to the heart of Mormon beliefs.

In other words, we have a circular firing squad about to take place and a pox on both of them.

But a pox as well on all those who believe we can just ignore a candidate’s fundamental religious beliefs. Heck, mixed religions rarely works in marriage, why should it automatically work at the presidential level?

[MHT]

I hope he talks himself into losing. Who made him St. Peter anyway? I find some of the tenets of Mormonism strange, but I sure wouldn't want to offend voters in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada with some dumb-dumb comment about their religion. If he couldn't understand the theology, he should just compliment the outward manifestation of their faith demonstrated by their patriotic and family-oriented upstanding behavior.

He might be dumber than he looks (which is pretty bad when you look like Gomer Pyle's first-cousin!).