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Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv
No chance. As the country becomes increasingly wary and tired of religious Republicans, Romney's Mormonism will be too much of an obstacle for him to overcome. The Democrats will make his religion the main issue. If not for his Mormonism, yes I would think that he'd have a chance.
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I see it the other way - the non-Mormon Republicans, not Democrats, would make his religion the main issue. I don't think the Democrats would. When you say "religious Republicans" I don't think of Romney. Has he ever pushed any agenda that blurred secularism with religiosity, the way other Republicans have?
If anything, dislike or distrust of LDS is going to come from strongly religious Republicans. Of all the names we've heard as GOP possibilities, I think Romney is the strongest. But there may be many Republicans who stay at home instead of voting were he to get the nomination, because of his religion. Or we might see the Teavangelicals put up their own 3rd party candidate.
I believe Obama would beat Romney, but it would be a tough fight. And of the various Republican possibilities, if Romney became president, I personally wouldn't think it would be such a horrible thing. So maybe those on the hard right who disparage him as a RINO are right, since my pragmatic view is that he could be ok! I think he panders too much, though, and changes positions whenever expedient. Looking through the page linked below, see all his flip-flops:
Mitt Romney on the Issues
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