Most decent folks will not care whether Mitt is a Mormon.
This is a uniquely heretical form of Christianity, bordering on a bit of New Ageism. But the Mormons that I know are all very good citizens, follow the Ten Commandments with great respect, and promote family, faith and freedom/country above all else. Mormons do not constitute a threat to anyone in America.
Romney as President would certainly be an improvement over the pseudo Christian not in the White House.
As for myself I am still trying to decide between Mitt, Newt, or Rick Perry. The others are off my radar at the present time.
My biggest problem is that I do not believe Newt can possibly win in the general election, even though he continually makes me cheer when he debates and comes up with gems like last night - about the idiocy of the current resident of Pennsylvania Ave.’s attitude toward the pipeline. Newtr does like to tell it like it really is - no beating around the bush for him.
I liked last night’s debate - it was more tilted toward the need to replace Obama in the next election - music to my ears.
For the most part I agree with what you are saying. However, in the article Christopher Hitchens, who is by his own admission, non-Christian, and thus very secular in outlook, and additionally not an American by birth but a keen and long-time observer of the American scene is putting his finger on a problem that will surface and be used against Romney, if he is the nominee, in a way that, for example, Newt’s Catholicism or Perry’s Baptist affiliation cannot and will not be used against them. Thus with Romney you have his generally moderate, policy-triangulating stance (a nice way of saying flip-flopping) together with his connection to a religion that most Americans either do not take seriously or find alternately “zany” and troubling. That and the fact that his electability is open to question. He is, for goodness sake, a one-term governor, who did not then even get elected with a majority vote.
It is difficult to see in Romney any improvement over McCain. I would take either Perry or Gingrich in a heartbeat over Romney. Both are more electable, no matter what the illuminati of the GOP establishment are saying. The people will vote for them for one simple reason, either represents a clear turn away from Obamaism and business as usual, something Romney does not.
Obama wants to face Romney. That you can take to the bank.