Doubtful social conservatives giving Romney chance

[onehandle]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — This year, pocketbook issues seem to matter more than pulpit preaching among cultural conservatives and at least some are willing to embrace Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, who they've long looked at skeptically.

"No one's perfect," says Larry Smith of Newport Beach, Calif., one of thousands of conservatives gathering in Washington this weekend to hear from the slate of GOP candidates at the annual Values Voters Summit. Smith cast the choice before him as a compromise, and says he's leaning toward the former Massachusetts governor. Even though Romney has strayed from conservative orthodoxy on some social issues in the past, he still posts a strong record as a businessman.

"He has the skills to help us on this particular issue, at this particular time," Smith said.

By that, he means the economy, with its stubbornly high 9.1 percent unemployment rate and sluggish growth.

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Replace 'Romney' with 'McCain' and you are seeing the same headline from 2007 or 2008.

It's Mittens.

[No Elephants]

1. Guess AP missed the recent controversy over the pastor who is saying Romney is not a Christian.

I just love their stories where writers pull stuff abut what voters think and feel right out of their ears in the hope their stories become self-fulfilling prophesies.


Social conservatives are loving Romney and liberals are loving Obama again.

All's well in establishment politics.

[Indykatie]

4. Except The Polls Say Liberals Do Love Obama

That is not the case with social conservatives and Romney. Now whether DU loves Obama is another story.

[Submariner]

2. Mountain Meadows Mitt doesn't have a chance with the right-wingoshere jesus freaks

Mormonism is a separate cult from the evangelist cult, and the teabaggers don't like cults outside their own.

[Pab Sungenis]

3. But will enough break away

to a third party? Or just stay home?

The latter? No way. They want the black guy out of the White House no matter what it takes.

[Tesha]

5. Just as soon as they realize he can win the General Election for them, they'll (mostly) all...

...back Romney.

They want to win more than they want the last 2% of
ideological purity.

Tesha

[PSPS]

6. And this will be the media narrative from now on because they want Romney.

In the last cycle, this is what they did with McCain. However, McCain still had to pick Palin to seal the deal with the crazies. I suspect Romney will have to do the same thing -- pick a true lunatic to give him "cred" within the asylum.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Bzzzt. Sorry AP, wrong answer.

California conservative ≠ Arkansas Christian Coalition conservative... They will not be summarily dismissed after being pumped up by the likes of Caribou Barbie and Ten thousand Lakes Barbie.

[SoapBox]

8. "Social Conservatives" = Radicalized, Right Wing, Extremists

...come on, let's call them what they really are.

There is nothing good about them...they want to Dictate and Command.

Period.