Sometimes the conventional wisdom from pundits is right on the nose. Here’s one thing I disagree with, though: that Romney is a fully formidable candidate for the national stage, only aversion to his Mormonism is holding him back among fundie voters. See Jon Keller for the latest iteration of this idea. Keller’s onto something though in comparing Romney with Kerry… the real reason Romney has unfavorable ratings is that he comes across as a fey, upper-middle-class supercilious phony. For a Republican party who breathes and lives by class and regional resentment, Romney can’t pull off W’s everyman schtick no matter how had he tries. His tough talking just comes across as Marvyn Martian anger.
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