The thing is, most of these evangelicals who are going to be so vehemently opposed to voting for a Mormon are going to be in the south.
It’s not going to hurt Republican to lose their votes, as the south is going to go Republican, anyway.
On the other hand, Romney’s Mormonism is going to help in the West, where we are on far quakier ground. On top of that, his strong insistence on fiscal conservatism will play well with small “l” libertarians.
I expect he’s going to put New England, parts of the midwest, and the west—maybe even Oregon—in play.
So in the end, who gives a rip about a few cranky evangelicals? Romney holds their values, anyway. And I say that as an Evangelical Presbyterian from Tennessee.
~”The thing is, most of these evangelicals who are going to be so vehemently opposed to voting for a Mormon are going to be in the south.
It’s not going to hurt Republican to lose their votes, as the south is going to go Republican, anyway.”~
That’s an excellent point; I hadn’t thought of that. Romney’s religion would be the biggest factor in the region of the country where it is likely to hurt him the least. From an electoral standpoint, that puts things in a whole new light.
Thanks for keeping an open mind about Mitt Romney. There are a lot of closed minds in these parts. Yahoo!