I would take Romney on the bottom of the ticket, but not on the top.
That said, pending sudden unexpected death, Romney is the GOP nominee, as the GOP leadership wants and as the MSM wants.
So I will hold my nose and vote against Obama by voting for Romney, with disgust and aggravation. It will be a very interesting race as regards the anti-Mormon vote. Many will vote against Obama because “It’s the economy, stupid.” But many evangelical Christians will vote 3rd party rather than vote Romney. If I understand correctly, they would rather die an unspeakably painful and sinister death than cast a vote for a Mormon.
If Romney gets the nomination and the anti-Mormons refuse to vote or vote 3rd party we will have Obama, his controllers and his posse in the White House indefinitely. Nice.
>> But many evangelical Christians will vote 3rd party rather than vote Romney <<
Sure, but probably fewer than you think, at least in the eleven “swing” states.
Now if we think about a state-by-state breakdown, I suggest that the big anti-Mormon bloc on the conservative side is in states like SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, TX, OK, KS, WV, etc. But the GOP is bound to carry these states ANYWAY, so they don’t need to enter the analytical picture.
In the meantime, the BIGGEST group of anti-Mormon voters is not among conservative Christians. No, it’s clearly on the left side of the political spectrum, because (among other things) the liberals and “progressives” aren’t going to forget about the Mormons’ huge anti-homosexual-marriage campaigns in California and other states. But these voters are mostly concentrated in leftwing places that the GOP can’t carry under any circumstances — NY, IL, MA, VT, CA, OR, WA, etc. So again, here we have a group of states that don’t need to enter the analytical picture.
On the other hand, Christian evangelical anti-Mormons might or might not be an important factor in critical swing states like VA, FL, OH, WI and PA. Win those states and Romney wins the election. So that’s where the surveys and the polls and the analytical gurus need to be looking for anti-Mormon trends among evangelicals.
“But many evangelical Christians will vote 3rd party rather than vote Romney. If I understand correctly, they would rather die an unspeakably painful and sinister death than cast a vote for a Mormon.”
Mormon is the new Negro apparently. But then, both demographics are voting about 94% for their respective homie, as that overrides any actual history of governance.