This post refers to the large Mormon factor in AZ. Mitt Romney won Nevada, many believed because of the large Mormon population in NV. I’m reading headlines claiming Romney has the advantage in AZ because of the large Mormon population. One can only ask, are the majority of Mormons voting for Romney because they share his religion? Are they ignoring his record, positions on the issues, and supporting almost every side of the positions at one time or another, simply because they share his religion?

How many blacks voted for Obama simply because of his skin color? Did they ignore his record, his positions on the issues, and made promises he knew he could never keep, even if he wanted to?

Is it any way to pick a president simply because of a shared religion, or a shared skin color, while ignoring every other factor?

There was a very good point made this morning on CNN about illegals and immigration. No one missed that both Romney and Gingrich modulated their tone and positions on immigration while campaigning in Fla., which was nothing more than pandering for the Fla. Hispanic vote, especially with Gingrich saying that we should have community boards to decide what illegals should stay and what ones should go.. Arizona also has a large population of Hispanics, maybe even more so than the Mormon numbers. AZ, being a border state obviously has such a large population of Hispanics that they passed laws to crack down on the illegal Hispanics, before that law was challenged, and it still sits undecided.

When Romney answered the question on immigration last night he couldn’t go further in claiming that he cracked down hard on the illegals while Gov. of Mass. He did this, he vetoed that, he did everything he could to get rid of those illegal brown skins. He even exaggerated/mislead when he said that he signed an order to have the state police round up the illegals. The fact was that he signed that order just days before he was replaced as Gov., and the order wans’t to take affect until he was out of office. The new Dem. Gov. promptly cancelled that order, before it took affect. The point is that Romney wanted to sound so tough on the illegals. Too bad he didn’t have Perry there to remind him about hiring illegal Hispanics to do his yard maintenance, even up to a year after he was warned about the situation. Remember him saying “I’m running for office, I can’t have illegals working here”? Is he trying to get an endorsement from shoot them all at the border before they get here Tom Tancredo?

I’m reading that Marco Rubio has been advising some of the candidates on what the proper rhetoric should be to win over the Hispanic vote. According to the 2010 census, the Hispanic block is the largest growing segment of the population. Apparently whoever he has advised has not listened to him. They still continue to try to be the big tough guys, sometimes talking as though the illegals are not even human. Some of them sound like they will personally go out and round them up and put them on busses and ship them back across the border. Ohhh they are so tough.

Reagan even said that the hispanics are really Republicans, but they just don’t know it yet. There is no question that they share the traditional family/social values, that the Democrats are trying to destroy with their culture war. I would guess that even the legal Hispanic population is in support of closing the borders. Yet the GOP candidates are still on the rhetoric war path against those dang illegals. The best suggestion I heard was talking about being in support of legal immigration, and leave the big tough guy rhetoric by the roadside. We can’t afford to keep alienating the fastest growing voting block.

much about Bob McDonnell. I live in VA, and I am well aware of what he has done as Governor.

Bob McDonnell kept the budget in place that was passed by former D Gov. Tim Kaine. He did in fact get the government workers to kick a little bit in towards their healthcare and pensions, but not very much. He denied the state government workers a raise in his first year, but promised them that if the next budget came in with a surplus, he would give them all a Christmas bonus of 3%. The budget did come in with a small surplus, and he did give them their bonuses, but, did not make the required payment that the state must make into the state pension funds. That is without doubt one of the liabilities that have all but broken the backs of the D lead states. He did not make the payment to the pension fund, but rather gave it to the current state workers as a bonus.

Gov. McDonnell is all in favor of government subsidized green energy. That is a big no no to most Republicans/conservatives. If someone in the private sector wants to invest their monies to advance green energy, all power to them. When they find a way to make it effective and cost effective, great, they will make profits on it. We are not there yet.

McDonnell signed an EO to demand that all state vehicles switch over to alternative fuels. At the signing he said that he awaits the day when vehicles are going down the road on solar energy. Hel1, battery operated vehicles, that must use fossile fuel energy to recharge them aren’t even any where near there yet.

McDonnell recently asked the legislature to set aside $500,000 for a wind energy project off the VA coasts. He conveniently forgot that a major push has been on for years here in the state to drill off the VA coasts. Of course the last D Gov. opposed it. Obama told him no, he said oh tay. It’s as though no future R president will not go all out for “drill here, drill now.” Is he trying to block any future oil drilling efforts for the state?

You read the diary by streiff concerning his cowardness on the ultrasound bill. I assure you the pro-lifers and the majority of conservatives will be keeping that in mind. There is a huge backlash against him for his wishy washiness with a bill that he was the first one to champion. Bob McDonnell is earning himself quite the reputation as being a follower, and only does what he must as told to him by the party elders. That and the fact that many here have not missed, he desperately wants to be Romney’s running mate. That is what is called an opportunist, not a leader.

The VA legislature is now controlled by the Republicans, with Lt. Gov Bolling being the tie breaking vote in the Senate. There is no reason at all for the Republicans to not pass Republican/conservative legislation. None. Bolling was shaky on his tie breaking position, and was intimidated by the Democrats threatening to sue for an equal voice as the majority in the Senate. McDonnell and Bolling are like wimps who are afraid to stand up to the Democrats, even when they have the ability to do so. Neither one has shown any leadership abilities, and they have been equally as bad on Republican messaging.

The fact that Bolling is Romney’s state campaign chair, and that only two people made the state ballot, I promise will not be forgotten come March 6, VA primary day. McDonnell, who said that he wouldn’t endorse, took all of 24 hours after Perry dropped out, to endorse Romney, one of the only two on the state ballot. He has traveled the country to campaign for Romney. I haven’t missed him standing on tiptoe behind Romney in order to have his face out there. He is about a foot shorter than Romney, and is a very vain man. I saw him at a rally when he was running for Governor. Cuccinelli came bounding out, friendly as could be, shaking hands and talking with everyone. Bolling stood on the stage like a boob, not sure of what he was supposed to do next. McDonnell stayed in the background, waiting to be announced, while his wife fixed his hair, he put on his lip gloss, and his daughter brushed off his suit. When he thought he looked perfect, he gave the nod that he was ready to be announced.

Even though McDonnell has approval ratings in the state around 60%, there have been no surveys done since the ballot access debacle, and that is going to hurt both him and Bolling. It’s as though the VA GOP is in a state of chaos, and if Paul wins the state on March 6th, which he very well may, McDonnell will be yesterdays news.

once prompted by King, to repeat that Santorum was a fake, all while the biggest fake was sitting right next to Santorum, Romney.

I remember an interviewer on TV asking Paul about the fact that he has never gone against Romney, but has the other candidates. His answer was that he didn’t much like any of the others, but he thought Romney had the best management experience.

The alliance between Paul and Romney is only something to behold as ludicrous, given Paul’s small government, isolationist views, which are the complete opposite of Romney’s positions. At least Romney’s positions today. Them working out a deal of some sort can be the only explanation. So much goes for Paul being the only honest and consistent candidate, as his supporters claim. Rand Paul’s statement that he would be honored to be Romney’s VP choice seems to be the only explanation that makes any sense.

How would it work if it came to a brokered convention? Paul’s delegates would be committed to voting for him on the first ballot. Then they are free to vote for who they want, not who Paul tells them to vote for. Is that correct?

discussions off the table. Santorum is being criticized for responding to questions about his positions on the social issues. Hmmm.

Ever since Obama announced his mandate that even religious institutions like hospitals and universities, must cover contraceptives, and the ensuing arguments between the left and right unfolded, the liberals have only doubled down. Every single day since then, CNN has had segments still talking about the contraceptive issue. They never ever talk about it as a freedom of religion issue, no no. It’s all about a woman’s right to what many have called “preventive healthcare.” That’s right, they consider contraceptives as preventive healthcare.

They are incensed that the hearings on capital hill only included men. Pelosi was aghast that men had the nerve to talk about woman’s health. Carol Costello said this morning that Pelosi is holding her own hearings today, that will feature women. One of those featured women was on CNN today. She claims that she speaks for Catholic women, and has met with many of the Catholic women’s organizations, and they are appalled that the church would find offense at the president’s initiative to cover contraceptive’s. Dem GA state Rep. Yasmi Neal has now sponsored a bill in the House requesting that abortions should only be allowed if the life of the “father” is at stake. What a farce.

If anyone remembers from Obama’s 08 campaign season, George Soros started and funded some faux Catholic organizations. Catholics for the Common Good was one of them. That organization was headed up by former liberal Catholic VA Rep Perriello. His job was to convince Catholics that it was OK to vote for pro-choice politicians, as they made up for that negative position, by being in favor of the common good. The Common Good being socialized governance which made everyone equal. Moral relativeness on steriods, just so we can further the cause of moral and social rot of the Amer. citizens. With half the country now receiving government checks of some sort, they are half way to their goals.

they played the fight between Santorum and Romney over and over. It is what they do, they promote infighting, and then use those sound bites for the next few days, to further the fighting, nasty GOP’ers as nasty creeps. King questioned Ron Paul on his ad saying that Santorum was a fake. He set Paul up for Santorum bashing, and Paul gladly took up that challenge. That has been another big time replay on CNN today. They played Romney’s last question, where Romney said that he gets to answer the questions, only a rare few times. Then they went full throttle against Gingrich and Santorum as these neanderthals that just don’t have a clue about the living breathing constitution. Preibus should be shot for agreeing to the debate thingy this season. Gingrich could have, and did, do well in the Huckabee format. So did the others. It wasn’t a circus show.

If any of the Republican candidates wins the 12 election, no one who considers themselves to be a conservative will be allowed to make a garbage rationalization that he is better than Obama. If I’ve read the RS posting rules correctly, it is the most conservative in the primary, and the Republican in the general. Then again, no one follows anyone into the voting booth do they aesthete.