Still less than candidates have gotten in the past. People are still sitting on the sideline, waiting.
leads in key early states like IA and NH
Which, thanks to the craziness of this cycle, mean an order of magnitude less than in previous years. In larger states with more delegates, he's getting trounced. leads in cash on hand
Only because of his own cash infusions. He's also at a near net $0 if you offset cash on hand with campaign debt.
leads in ideas for conservative reform and foreign and domestic policy proposals
Uh-huh. Like I'm going to trust any plans put forth by someone who lied to his own electorate in the past, as not only admitted to, but celebrated by his own supporters.
He leads by sticking to all the key pillars of the Reagan coalition - family values
Such as gay adoption and gay scoutmasters?
strong military,
As in the "mess" in Iraq?
fiscal conservatism.
Nationalized/socialized health care?
Not exactly a Reagan trifecta there.
Mitt Romney was on the board of directors for the BSA, Boy Scouts of America, an organization that I greatly admire, from 1993 to 2001 or so.
Romney has been an excellent supporter of the BSA.
In all those years, he didn’t do anything to change their stance on gays in scouting, and has stated that he believes each council should make their own decisions on matters like that. Pro-Federalism if you will.
As an Eagle scout and a supporter of the Boy Scouts myself, I know he will be a friend to scouting in the White House.
Gay activists and Kennedy hoped to use his BSA position and lack of action pushing the gay agenda onto Scouting into baiting him as ‘anti-gay’ during the 1994 senate race, and he attempted to deflect that in 1994. Your ‘gay scoutmasters’ comment is unwarranted hyperbole.