I can tell you this. Salt Lake is a hot bed of wanna-be liberals. They mostly are that as a measure of being against the church plus the idiot Rocky Anderson has them "Hood-Winked". (pun intended) I really do not understand their thinking. I met Mitt last winter at a speech he was doing there. While I wouldn't vote for him if he were running against a Reagan or Goldwater Republican, I would certainly vote for him against Hitlery or Obama.
He's very smooth...maybe too smooth, however in a debate he would massacre almost any opponent. And no, I'm not a member of the church. I made the post as a slight tease to a couple of my Mormon friends. I hope nobody was offended.
Biggest minus: A smarmy New England image.
Biggest plus: He's actually shown he can run a business, make a payroll and balance a budget. Something very few candidates have shown in the last few years.
Another plus: Ties to the bluest of the blue states and the reddest of the red states. I think he is electable if he picks a solid conservative, preferably a governor and preferably from the south, as veep.