The reasons that I will not vote for Romney in the primary has everything to do with his politics and nothing to do with his religion.
I will vote for whoever eventually wins the G.O.P. nomination. This nation will not survive another 4 years of Obama.
Grunthor, we both know Romney cannot beat Obama, right? Surely you concede that, don't you?
Think of it: 30 yo Mitt as a member of a church denying blacks the ability to be a priest.
The MSM would make it mostly a referenda on racism: White racist Mitt vs. Obama!
Now, if people would only think that through, then they'd know that casting a vote for a candidate that will lose is wasting their vote.
But your 'tude -- along with anybody else who thinks that way -- would only allow Romney to extend the inevitable: He'll lose; and the GOP would be the biggest loser long-term by suffering irreparable damage for putting forth its weakest candidate ever!
Social conservatives/Evangelicals would steer clear of him. Pro-life Democrats wouldn't vote for such a waffle iron. Of the three groups polled several years ago that identified the groups least likely to vote for a Mormon POTUS, it was actually moderates who were 11% less likely than conservatives to vote for one...so he wouldn't get the moderate vote.
He wouldn't get the African American vote, or minority vote identifying with Romney's racist past.
The GOP would be in horrendous long-term shape if it put forth Romney as its candidate!