[delacoert]

As a Democrat, I wouldn’t vote for Romney... But

Wow, we should really pay attention to this guy's views on Republican candidates.

[BibChr]

I thought that the concept of a religious test for public office in our country was put to bed once and for all when John Kennedy, a Catholic, was elected president in 1960 and Joe Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew, was nominated for vice president in 2000.

Then you were really, really stupid, weren't you, Bud?

[mmichaels1970]

But I’ll be damned if I can understand why he should be disqualified from seeking his party’s nomination because of his religion.

When was he disqualified? Last I heard, he was still seeking his party's nomination.

[BGHater]

Dunno, maybe people will not vote for him because he would be the first Mexican-American President.

[JohnnyZ]

Romney's a flip-flopping, airbrushed John Kerry lite who wishes he was John Edwards lite.

Kind of sad, really.

[gondramB]

>>I thought that the concept of a religious test for public office in our country was put to bed once and for all when John Kennedy, a Catholic, was elected<<

That’s foolish thing to say in light of polls that say something like 80% of Americans would not vote for an atheist.

[indcons]

"Now we have a candidate with a record of accomplishment, Mitt Romney, who is consistently lagging in the polls with the most credible reason being that significant numbers of Republican primary voters will not support him because of his Mormon religion."

LOL.....this should read "Now we have a candidate with a record of accomplishment flip flopping and liberal policies, Mitt Romney, who is consistently lagging in the polls with the most credible reason being that significant numbers of Republican primary voters will not support him because of his Mormon religion historical pro-abortion record, anti-2nd Amendment platforms, and ambivalent positions on so-called gay rights."

[tennteacher]

I’d choose Romney on his worst day over a democrat.

[EternalVigilance]

Of course, missing from this piece of awful analysis is the simple understanding that Romney was a hard leftwinger for 35 years, until he suddenly realized he needed conservative votes if he was ever going to win the Republican presidential nomination.

Romney is being rightfully rejected, not because of his membership in the LDS church, but because of his record as a liberal.

[Pete]

But I’ll be damned if I can understand why he should be disqualified from seeking his party’s nomination because of his religion.

Disqualified? Since when? Last I saw, he is still in the race. Individual voters are free to choose who they will or will not support for any reason they choose. That is not "disqualifying". In order for Romney to be disqualified due to a religious test, the government would have to prevent him from running. That has not and will not happen.

[JenB]

Know what? People can vote, or not vote, for someone based on anything. If they think the space aliens from Pluto have replaced Candidate X’s brain, they’re free to not vote for him whether or not Candidate X’s brain is alien-free. If they don’t like the name he gives his pet aardvark, or the color of shoes he wears, or his underwear type.

It may or may not be a stupid reason but give up with these moronic “how dare voters make a decision based on factors that matter to them and not to me” articles already, drive by morons!

[DoughtyOne]

I know I’m convinced of that.

Hmmm, why would conservatives not want to vote for a guy who is not? Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... oh I’ve got it. He’s Mormon.

What a blithering idiot. (idiot is my favorite word of the week) Next week it will be democrat, but then that’s cheating. The two words are interchangable.

[big'ol_freeper]

Romney’s problem is not that he is a Mormon (I actually think for most conservatives that is a plus...not all but most). Mitt’s problem is that he has a record showing he is a big government moderate with a liberal social agenda.

[delacoert]

My favorite line:

When voters, particularly in the South, are asked to identify candidates that they would not support for president under any circumstances, Romney leads the list.

Romney supporters.... bwahahaha! It doesn't say just Republican voters, it doesn't say just Southern voters, it says voters. Period.

[Sonny M]

I thought that the concept of a religious test for public office in our country was put to bed once and for all when John Kennedy, a Catholic, was elected president in 1960 and Joe Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew, was nominated for vice president in 2000.

Ask Joe Lieberman what democrats were saying about his being jewish in 2004 when he ran.

The party of tolerance the democratic party was not.

[yoe]

You are looking at first class propaganda and most likely from the Clinton War Room, Politics of Personal Destruction.

Now we have a candidate with a record of accomplishment, Mitt Romney, who is consistently lagging in the polls with the most credible reason being that significant numbers of Republican primary voters will not support him because of his Mormon religion.

Mitt is doing very nicely and I know of no person who won't support him because of his religion....at least he has one.

[yoe]

Former Congressman Martin Frost is a keen observer of national politics who has held a number of leadership positions for the Democratic Party and is considered one of the party’s top strategists.

Oooooooho, one clever little Democrat is this Frost. Feel free to e-mail him about his propaganda piece.....mfrost@polsinelli.com

[daylilly]

Romney has more than one problem as a candidate. I don’t see how you can separate one from another. It may not be his religion, but if voters are not sure about him, and they are uncomfortable about his religion, that might tip them over to vote for someone else.

A candidate is the whole package, accomplishment and problems. If Romney was solid on issues, I doubt most voters would have a problem with his religion. If he has a problem, it is that people don’t see him as solid.

[WildcatClan]

I think his problem isn’t that he is Mormon, but rather that he isn’t Mormon enough. I tend to think of Mormons as socially conservative to a fault, but with Reid as the current Mormon of power, maybe I need to re-think things.

[Right_Rev]

People with holy underwear have strange bed fellows!

Or is it people that are wholly underwear have strange bed fellows!

Or is it people with holes in their underwear have strange bed fellows!

[rightinthemiddle]

Martin Frost isn’t trying to help Republicans; he’s trying to paint Republicans as “intolerant” and “bigoted.”