Chris : The article you provided says that Richard Grenell,. Romney's recent foreign policy spokesman, has resigned. The question , then, is why Mitt asked him to serve as his spokesman in the first place. Just one more example of why Romney was a bad choice as standard bearer for the Republican Party. Nothing that can be done about that now, but the flap over Grenell raises some important questions. Romney, for a skilled politician, has a tin ear. He has warmed the hearts of just about no-one in the GOP base and the choice of an outspoken homosexual to a high profile position in his campaign simply made it clear to everyone in that base that he is no conservative and has little interest in their most important concerns. Romney, for a Mormon bishop ( at least he once was ) also is Mormon Lite in his values stands. The LDS Church is opposed to homosexuality, Romney, for the life of him, can't see anything wrong about it and essentially ignores his church on such issues. Politically that choice was also questionable. The homosexual population of the US is about 3 %. The Evangelical electorate comes in at 25 % or so, with probably most Catholics also critical, even if less so than true-believer Protestants. And, heck, there are a good number of Orthodox Jews, plus some who are Conservative Jews, who also are critical. Why, then, pander to homosexuals ? While it is also true that many Leftists ( most of the urban Democratic Party, especially ) are pro-homosexual and make acceptance of homosexuals a litmus test, Romney is not going to get their votes anyway. As I see it, Romney has a serious problem with his ( very unenthusiastic ) base. If he can't get these people at least a little bit fired up he could easily lose in November. Well, I may yet vote for him, but only with feelings of the deepest dismay. He probably won't be as bad as Obama, is all that I can say, but this is anything but a fervent endorsement. My guess is that these sentiments are shared by just about the entire conservative base. If Romney expects to win he can't do it without not only their votes but without their active help. Romney, to use metaphor, had better stop worrying about MSNBC and work on making the people at Fox happy. Billy ======================================= 5/7/2012 8:29:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Billy, What do you think of Romney’s new foreign policy spokesman? _http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/07/opinion/frum-romney-errors/index.html?hpt=hp_ t3_ (http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/07/opinion/frum-romney-errors/index.html?hpt=hp_t3) Chris -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: _http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism_ (http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism) Radical Centrism website and blog: _http://RadicalCentrism.org_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/) -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
