Agreed, but I think it’s pretty obvious that the conservative Christians do not want Romney, and McCain has got to pick someone who will appeal to those voters.
“Agreed, but I think it’s pretty obvious that the conservative Christians do not want Romney, and McCain has got to pick someone who will appeal to those voters.”
You had better qualify that statement. What you mean is that the evangelical fundamentalist Christians don’t want Romney because he is a Mormon. Other conservatives of mainstream religions, such as Lutheran, Catholic, Protestant, etc. don’t seem to have a problem with Romney like the (further qualifying) primarily southern Evangelicals of the Huckster’s ilk have. If McCain puts Romney on the ticket he will gain many more voters than he would lose among the small part of the base of the Pub party that constitute bigoted Evangelicals. Even among the Evangelicals, many are not anti-Romney either, and the bigoted ones are small enough in number as to mean zip in the scheme of things. In other words, if they don’t choose to vote Pub because Romney is on the ticket, it is immaterial. McCain/Romney would win with our without them. Romney will bring with him western states w/large Mormon populations, like Colorado, and of course Utah, and others. He will appeal to Michigan, probably Ohio and even Massachusetts, plus other Midwest states nearby. Romney also brings with him his organization which is incredibly efficient, his mailing lists, his financial fund raising capabilities, his own money, and an impeccable family with no hint of scandal to be seen. McCain would be a fool not to have him be the VP. Karl Rove and George Bush it is rumored, have been advising McCain to choose Romney also, behind the scenes. We’ll see though. McCain has been known to make bad choices just to stick his thumb in the eye of the base. We’ll probably end up with Lieberman.