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I guess Romney earned some sort of shot here; but I feel he’d be a liability. McCain can’t be painted into any corner whatsoever. Dems love to do that; but w/ Mac, they just can’t.
Not so with Mitt. Every aspect of Mormonism that seems weird to the rest of the country would be kept in the forefront — one new controversy per week. We just don’t need that.

Actually, the bigotry against Romney's religion would take the race card (Obama's centerpiece) off the table given that the volume and shreiks of the Mormon hating moonbats would make the rants of the racist moonbats look like a bunch of pouty pre-schoolers in comparison. McCain would do it just to put a finger in their eyes.

There are better candidates out there with far more sterling conservative credentials-- Sarah Pallin, Eric Cantor and Tom Coburn, just to name three.

In the end, McCain has to add up the pros and cons. Not just who can help energize the base, but who can put swing states and swing demographics into play. He's also got to pick a team player because whomever he selects will probably give up any chance of ever being president by taking the VP slot. The reason is because if McCain wins and McCain does a good job (neither of which is probable at this point), the VP would have a very steep hill to climb extending Republican administrations to 16 or 20 years. It hasn't happened since the Civil War and it won't happen with amnesty which McCain is sure to push in an even more liberal congress.

I guess Romney earned some sort of shot here; but I feel he’d be a liability.

Personally I would like to get away from the GOP approach of picking the guy whose turn it is (i.e., past, failed presidential nominees). I remain one of Fred Thompson's staunchest supporters, but I wouldn't push him for VP, for this reason: if you couldn't unite the party in the primaries, then you shouldn't be offered the post as the future of the GOP (since whomever is VP nominee this time will likely be the presidential nominee next time).

We need fresh, conservative blood -- e.g., Cantor, Coburn, DeMint, Sanford (to name just a few).

Every aspect of Mormonism that seems weird to the rest of the country would be kept in the forefront — one new controversy per week. We just don’t need that.

Somehow I just can't see undecideds who lean left voting against a man because he is a Mormon any more that I can see undecideds who lean to the right voting against a man because he's black. The Mormon thing is way overrated.