[AmericanMade1776]

How about a Romney/Rice in 2008?

[HawkeyeLonewolf]

I think it needs to be a Governor, Romney or Racicot?

Giuliani would be okay as a last-resort. He's pro-abortion, so hopefully we could find someone with a bit more common sense.

[escapefromboston]

I would have to hear more about these people's stance on issues before i would vote for them.
though if i had to vote right now I would go with Mitt just because i know the most about him and I already voted for him. Though I like the idea of Condi being in the race, but i would have to hear more from her before i decided

any chance of cloning barry goldwater??

[escapefromboston]

I would have to hear more about these people's stance on issues before i would vote for them.
though if i had to vote right now I would go with Mitt just because i know the most about him and I already voted for him. Though I like the idea of Condi being in the race, but i would have to hear more from her before i decided

any chance of cloning barry goldwater??

[Reader of news]

Romney wouldn't win the primaries. He isn't conservative enough.

[azcap]

    Mitt Romney is a good guy, an eloquent and persuasive speaker. He has a good sense of humor and comes across in the W sorta way that just makes people like him. The national electoral problem for Romney is that he is LDS, a Mormon. Most folks wouldn't care but there is still a large enough segment of the American electorate that is bigoted and it would cost him the election. I think we saw something similar with Jindahl in LA. By all rights he should have won that race. It was the election day misgivings of some voters about voting for a brown-skinned governor with a funny name (despite his Christian credentials) that did him in. In 2000 Gore probably imagined that he was getting a bonus with the Jewish vote by choosing Lieberman but what he didn't calculate was the anti-Semitic vote. It is a very small fringe of people but it is particularly strong in the African American population (Think Nation of Islam, Jesse Jackson's hymie-town slurs). Did it cost him 300 votes in Florida???

    America will only elect a mainstream protestant or a Catholic to the top spot. Many evangelical protestant churches (particularly in the key southern states needed for a GOP win) openly condemn the Mormons as a cult, their teachings as false prophecy and their leaders as evil. This poses a huge problem for a Romney presidential bid. It would be hard to rally the conservative congretations to go out on Tuesday and vote for a Mormon president when Monday night's Bible Study was on the evils of Mormonism.  I think the only way Mitt could make it would be as a VP first so that Americans would know him well enough to overcome the bigotry. Some will argue that his election to the MA Governorship proves that he can overcome religious stereotypes, but MA is a poor sample for the rest of the country. Just being a Republican who can get elected in MA is a religious miracle.

 

[Paleo Conservative]

How about a Romney/Rice in 2008?

Rice has never held any elective office before. Appointed staff positions are different.