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Well, conservatives in Idaho are none too happy with him either. His support is to be found primarily among LDS members. That's why he was in Boise. That's where they are. And he's going to need traincar loads of their money to keep the hacks he's hired across the country going.

"he's going to need traincar loads of their money to keep the hacks he's hired across the country going."

Bizarre comment. *every single candidate running* is raising money. And the ones that can't will get 1% of the vote and drop out.

"Well, conservatives in Idaho are none too happy with him either. "

Well, get over it, he's the pick of the litter:
- We Republicans talk about private enterprise, but here is an example of a successful businessman and enterpreneur. He founded and built up a venture capital firm, Bain Capital, creating hundreds of jobs and making hundreds of millions for himself. He was called in to run Bain & Co. and turned it around. He helped save the SLC Olympics and made it a money-maker.
- Romney vetoed bad MA lege bills and excess spending and turned a proposed tax increase into a tax cut
- on his first marriage with a wonderful family
- articulate enough to defeat Hillary and defang her demagoguery
- not too closely linked to Bush admin/Iraq like Rudy and McCain are, yet a clear voice on defeating the 'jihadists'; he knows and says clearly what we are fighting
- pro-life pro-family, real conservative spine against gay marriage and for Scalia-like judges

So what's not to like? You want the far more liberal Rudy to win? Or McCain? Jeesh.

And he's going to need traincar loads of their money to keep the hacks he's hired across the country going.

The man is a billionaire, EV. Now that's paper value. But he could probably raise $250 million in cash on short order and could, just with Mormon money, raise another $100 million and run an entire national campaign with just that money.

For Romney, these are opportunities to make connections and build up political organization in all these states. Any politician, however well-funded, still has to rub palms with key support groups. Even if it means munching rubberized chicken with them.