Evangelicals warn against Romney on ticket

What a mess evangelicals are making; Romney as the VP is the ONLY way I will vote for McCain! Forget religion and look at what is best for the country. Romney has proven himself as a person who can turn the economy around and bring back stability to the US financial markets. I'm afraid that the narrow mindedness of the evangelical crowd will allow Obama to be elected. I don't want to hear it when they are wailing and nashing their teeth!

This article is correct that Gov. Huckabee supporters will not back Gov. Romney as VP but the reason for this has nothing to do with his personal religious beliefs. Rather, it is about the issues that Huckabee supporters care about. For most Huckabee supporters, the pro-life issue is the most important issue. This idea of having a VP who until this election year has always ran as a pro-abortion candidate is a hard pill to swallow. In addition, Gov. Romney ran a very negative campaign during the primary. He used every opportunity to attack his fellow Republican opponents. Huckabee supporters know this all too well. There is much concern that Romney would bring this negativity to the McCain Campaign and drag down the ticket to defeat in November.

How come nobody ever mentions George Voinovich. I am back home in Michigan now but lived in Medina County, Ohio and worked downtown Cleveland for over 10 years. I witnessed this man turn around a great American city, then be recoginized as one of the country's best governors and now a second term senator. I believe him to be the perfect choice.

I personally want Romney to be the VP. I think he is what we need to pull our Country out of Economic disaster right now. HE is smart, well educated, comes from a good family and is a devoted husband. I wanted him to be President, but will vote for McCain if he chooses Romney for VP.

As a Huckabee supporter I take great offense to this article, I have never heard one supporter of Governor Huckabee say they wouldn't vote for Mitt because he is a Mormon. Now to be fair I do know plenty that won't vote for a McCain/Romney ticket because they don't trust Mitt, I myself fall into that category. If I'm a bigot for not voting for Mitt because I don't trust him so be. I guess I would be one of those bigots that have been voting for my Mormon Congressman (Wally Herger) every two years.

It seems the author who had the courage to publish such scandalous and inflamatory unsourced commentary, doesn't have the courage to allow the accused to have their say in the comments. Well allow me to repeat myself. I am not a religious bigot. I do not trust Mitt Romney to be consistent on the values issues without a few more years of conservative record under his belt, period. If it was Rudy, Ridge or any other candidate with a questionable record I would feel the same. If Mitt appears to be a target, it is only because we are being force fed him by the media and party elites against our better judgement. If they weren't so obsessed with him, we wouldn't be. Any pro life vp pick with a proven record on life and marriage will be acceptable to myself and most others in the faith community. I would appreciate it if Romney supporters would stop trying to tell me, and others who don't support Mitt that we are insane enough not to know why we oppose his candidacy. There is no 'hidden reason.' You begin to sound like Obama's supporters who claim lack of support for BO is racism across the board. Obviously Mitt's faith is more bothersome to you than it is to us. This article, and in particular the unsourced comment claiming that we won't support Mitt because he's a Mormon is slanderous and shoddy journalism. It is stories like this that instigate war between rival factions. The entire Huckabee grassroots community is furious.. and somebody will hear about it.

I don't buy the "its not because he's LDS" argument. I've run into tremendous ant-mormon sentiment amongst Huckabee supporters. I hope I am wrong and that the evangelical members of the GOP can put their trust in Gov. Romney should he be chosen instead of letting their "convictions" hand the country over to "all hat, no cattle" Senator Obama.

Evangelicals (and I R one) had better stop whining or we're going to need to learn to say "President Obama". Huckabee backers kept Romney from getting the nomination. Okay, you won. Now, let the man that you gave the nomination to pick his VP based on who he thinks will get him elected. I couldn't care less who that is. Unless McCain dies in office, it's moot. If he does die in office we can get rid of a bad candidate in the next election. And, NO ONE who has been mentioned is as bad as Obama. As for "flip flopping", I couldn't care less what Romney really believes. All I care about is what he's going to DO. If he's pro-abortion in his heart but will work to defeat it, that's fine with me.

The issue with Mitt all along for most has been his only fairly recent "conversion" to socially conservative issues. We want people to represent us who we believe we can trust on issues like pro-life and traditional marriage.

I honestly considered voting for Romney until I did my own research rather than trusting where Romney said he stood on the issues or what the "conservative" pundits and media said. The reason this Huckabee supporter won't vote for a ticket with Romney on it has NOTHING to do with his religion and everything to do with his record. Romney's walk talks much louder than his talk talks. Romney care is bankrupting MA. He did something even the Dems haven't been able to do. Tax payers are funding the majority portion of many abortions. Job growth in MA was near the bottom of the rest of the country. He kept his campaign promise to the Log Cabin Republicans and did more for their homosexual agenda than even Ted Kennedy. He could have given the legislators more time to get things worded in a way the higher courts would honor. He did not have to order judges to perform homosexual marriages or lose their jobs. The negative campaigning by telling half truths and outright lies against his competitors during the primaries turned many of us off toward him. The Dems could use Romney's own words to bash McCain during the general election. "Mitt tanks the ticket."

I am a pro-life Christian, extremely consertative, and I do not have any problem with Mitt Romney as Vice President. Actually, I would have a lot more confidence in John McCain if he chose Mitt Romney!!!!

We can either all hang together, or we will hang separately. There are many Christians who are not Evengelical and who are not LDS but would have liked to have seen Romney prevail in the primaries. For Heaven's sake- Reagan was not an evangelical, nor was Lincoln and Jefferson wasn't even part of an established religion as far as I know. The question is which candidates will not lead the country down the road quite as quickly to socialism?

If there is any whining going on it is from those claiming Mike Huckabee caused Mitt Romney to lose the primary. The same remark could be made of either candidate towards the other. Also, it does matter what he believes because that shows whether he can be trusted to follow through. Mitt's previous actions speak louder than his current professed positions. It is not a minor issue. But again, this has nothing to do with his faith. This article claims that many Huckabee supporters believe that Romney being Mormon is why they are against him, which is not true, and that is what we are speaking out against.

Even though I am from a Christian faith, I find it unbelievable that the leaders of the chrisitian wing of our party continue to diminish our voice by incompetence such as this......While we would like to have a President who shares every value and view that we hold, I will settle for part by appreciating Romney's strong background on the economy, willingness to pursue vigorous energy policy, willingness to tackle illegal immigration,strong position on the war on terrorism, and so forth...so if you want to blow it by not having the best possible second man to carry these out, then stick with Huckabee, who is fake! Last I read was Arkansas still placed last in alot of statistics while Huck was govenor. The democratic candidate offers none of the above! So get over yourselves.

"We aren't against Mormonism, but " Give me a break LaHaye. He might as well of said "We aren't bigots, but" Let's not single out Romney for "flip-flopping" either. Obama, McCain, Romney - ALL "flip-floppers" are they not? I would be so bold as to say that if the "flop" score was kept McCain and Obama would be smoking Romney on the scoreboard. Can we be honest here? The word "flip flop" has been beat to death! A candidate changing a position is nothing new, this character flaw existed before fishes could flop! Being another faith other than a Evangelical and changing a position are pathetic reasons for not adding Romney to the ticket. Romney would be a great pick for VP and a desperately needed steroid shot for our wimpy economy. That ticket has my vote and I know I'm not alone.