Given the mormon church's active battle regarding proposition 8 in CA, if Mitt is on the ballot I would expect the gay population to redouble their efforts to keep him away from within 100 miles of the White House. The gays have nearly as much money as the wealthy mormons do to wage such a battle with, along with monetary support from the hollywood crowd.
It's hard to imagine that McCain is so dim as to select Romney as VP candidate.
It’s Not About Ideology.
It Can’t Be When You Don’t Control Congress.
It’s about Electoral Votes.
Conservative are not a majority in states that are blue. This is not rocket science. It is obvious. Conservatives are also not a majority of states that are marginal, or clearly they would not be marginal.
The middle decides elections nowadays. A former Republican Governor of the most liberal state in the union is about as centrist a figure as exists and he can add votes in Michigan, Nevada and Colorado.
The true believer types being ballyhooed here the last few days add nothing outside of states already red. A hard core fire breathing conservative VP will get people who are going to reluctantly vote McCain to enthusiastically vote McCain. Well, reluctant votes count the same as intense ones.
Romney can add votes where they are needed and if he costs any, he costs them where they are not needed. He’s a major force and should be used.
Yeah, all those gay clergy in the Presyterian, Anglican, Episcopalian and Lutheran churches are going to give all their monetary support to defend gay marriage in California.