Does Romney need a fundamentalist Bible thumping Christian as VP to win over his own party?

[matmar]

Republicnas setting themselves up for defeat in November.

[rurallib]

1. I don't think Jesus Christ himself could save his bacon right now.

But then Jesus was a liberal.

[Beer Snob-50]

2. how about if he gets santorem to be his vp?

granted he is catholic but i think he would give most fundementalist a good hardon and give romney somewhat of a push

[matmar]

5. What a FROTHY MIX that would be.....n/t

[Douglas Carpenter]

3. Primary voting patterns which show dissatisfaction with him from the religious right would tend to

encourage him to pick someone who is held in high regard by the religious right.

[HopeHoops]

4. Why do the loudest Bible thumpers totally ignore everything IN the Bible???

Oh, right. Money.

[Hugabear]

10. They seem to be pretty comfy with the Old Testament

Lots of vengeance, hatred, killing, genocide going on in God's name in the Old Testament.

[HopeHoops]

11. Ah, but only parts of it! If it fits their "comfy" beliefs, fine.

The rest is "old stuff" they don't need to pay attention to.

[northoftheborder]

6. Know bunch of religious right-wings who might be won over with Romney/Santorum.

This knowledge gives me head throbbing angst.

[renie408]

7. It will be hard to dash to the center after primary season dragging Santorum along...

How big a part of the GOP do hard core social conservatives REALLY represent? They still only get one vote, on matter how loudly they scream during rallies and during primary season. Once the nomination is won, the Republican nominee is going to have to make a hard dash to the center to try to grab as many moderates and independents as possible. That is going to be damn tough dragging Santorum along. Look at what happened to McCain after he flubbed his VP choice. You also have to think that Santorum is going to drive as many people to vote against him and he will to vote for him.

[karynnj]

8. I don't think so

The far right is likely to be out just voting against Obama. Obama himself energizes them. Where Romney needs to gain is with independents, who right now he is turning off. I really don't think a VP can ever really help much - people do decide on the President. However, it can hurt - as evidenced bu Palin. I knew people who still believed in the maverick McCain, beloved of the media. Palin scared them enough to push them to Obama.

I would imagine that Romney will pick someone with foreign policy expertise. (I guess he could go far right and meet this with Jim DeMInt.)

[Proud Public Servant]

9. I sure hope so

Romney's best bet would be to pick a non-DC-tainted popular sitting governor of a swing state -- I'm looking at you, Bob McDonnell -- run on a theme of competence, and try to pick up independents. A fire-breathing fundy VP would completely screw that pooch. Here's hoping!