“But nearly one in four white evangelicals say they are uncomfortable with Romney’s Mormonism, higher than any other religious group except atheists/agnostics (30 percent).”
So, in other words, 75% ARE comfortable with his ‘Mormonism’, as opposed to 25% who aren’t.
Nothing like spinning a positive into a negative..
Well, here's how that breaks down -- IF Evangelicals were to turn out in 2012 with the same force they did in 2010...which, actually, I happen to doubt exactly because of the reason cited in this article...lack of enthusiasm for Romney...But...IF they were to turn out with the same piece of the voter pie as 2010...that would mean that 34% of the vote...not just 34% of the conservative vote...but 34% of the overall vote would come from Evangelicals...
That means that about 8.5% of the entire voting pool -- constituting ONLY Evangelicals (never mind who else is uncomfortable with either Romney ONLY or his Mormonism) ... are indeed uncomfortable with Mormonism.
Those are huge numbers that normally readily fall to a GoP candidate.
The RINOs in charge elected to ignore that Evangelicals were THE base of the party...and now they risk not only alienating them in 2012...but forever...
I'm an Evangelical. Once Romney is officially nominated, I'm out of the GoP...either to independent status or the Constitution Party.
The GoP already only has 29% of all registered voters...and that's eroding away...fast.