If Mitt wins the Nomination, it will quiet down. The Dems have elevated Mormon Harry Reid to such a high position of power, that they have effectively taken Mitt’s religion off the table.
Agreed.
The problem is that the rats are DYING for the chance to paint somebody as a flip-flopper the way Republicans effectively painted Kerry in 2004. And man, does Mitt ever fit the bill as a flip-flopper. The guy is a regular waffling weasel. Wasn't he against gay marriage before he was for it? Or am I thinking of his forcing Catholic hospitals to hand out abortion drugs?
Don't kid yourself. If Romney gets the nomination, his Mormonism will be front and center. What you have seen is just the opening rounds. In the general election, it will be far more vicious.
Reid's Mormonism is irrelevant. The Democrats would sacrifice one senator to win the White House in a heartbeat, particularly one who already has some ethical stain about him.
Mitt Romney will have a huge chore winning back the 10% or more of evangelicals who claim they won't vote for him in the general election. Without those voters, all the states that Dubya squeaked by in 2004 will be lost by Romney. The Democrats know this and will remind the evangelicals of why they don't want to vote for one of those "weird" Mormons. These arguments will also be effective on secular independents who Romney will have to attract if the evangelical vote abandons him.