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He was discounted and ignored for several shortsighted reasons.

He wasn't ignored. He was recognized for what he was. I know you want to think that everyone dismissed him unfairly, but I don't see it that way.

I took a look at him. I couldn't back him after I read some of the things he had done as governor.

   1. The Mormon thing was bigger than it should have been-here on FR there were numerous ugly comments made, harkening back to Catholic bashing during JFK's run.

    Where folks did fall into this trap, I agree with you. I will say that his religion didn't make any difference to me whatsoever. Where his policies differed from what I think Christians should do, that was important for me to evaluate, and I did.

   2. His moderate record as governor. People can change and evolve. Recall Reagan's moderate policies as Governor of a liberal state, he then evolved into the conservative champion. Romney has been proclaiming conservative values since 1994.

    People can change and evolve over time. I agree. The problem I had with Romney was that he made a declaration in 1994, quite a bit of which he governed against at some point in the office of governor for the state of Ma. Now he's supposed to be back to his 1994 views. How could I possibly be sure of what his true stances, rock bottom line was with regard to Conservative policy.

Bottom line, I think voting for McCain was a mistake. I predict that if he wins, we will regret it constantly. I think it will be a painful experience. I liken it to driving while drunk and killing someone, then dreading your decision after sobering up, as the full impact of your bad choice sets in.

I think voting for McCain was a mistake too. I voted for Fred Thompson. 45,804 other Caifornians joined me to do so.

Hunter received 12,215 votes.
Tancredo received 3,303 votes.

Folks can take a look at the February 5th, 2008, California Primary Presidential election results here:

http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/pres/rep/59.htm