Faith in America

Republican Presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney, gave his “Faith in America” speech this morning at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Houston.

Some might be calling it the, “Stop the Bleeding” speech. Mike Huckabee has made tremendous gains in the polls in the last month, and Romney needed to do something to help bail the water off his sinking ship. Although Huckabee is now the flavor of the month, he is now getting hit from all sides due to his frontrunner status.

Romney is a member of the Mormon Church and this has raised concerns among some conservatives. Some polls show that Romney is losing the Conservative Christian votes to Huckabee, a Baptist Minister.

It was a fine speech by Romney. Will it change votes? I doubt it. He answered some questions, but I don’t believe his Mormon faith is his biggest problem. At least it’s not to me.

Romney has been tagged as a flip-flopper on abortion. He was once Pro-Choice and now he is Pro-Life. When it can be shown that Presidential candidates change their views, some people believe they are changing their views for votes.

Then Romney had problems with illegal aliens working at his mansion. Rudy Giuliani said that Romney was running a “Sanctuary Mansion.” Romney ended up firing the contractors who employed the illegals after they were found working there again.

Then, the one thing that turned this writer off was when Romney defended his sons’ lack of military service and said they were serving their country by helping get him elected. How were they serving their country? By taking a recreational-vehicle tour to all 99 Iowa counties. Of course, he said it, and then apologized for it, but the horse was already out of the barn.

Romney came to Montana for a speech to the Montana GOP. He seems to have the best organization here in the state with some well-known people helping out his campaign. I’ve also heard that Ron Paul supporters are signing up to participate in Presidential Preference Caucus on February 5, 2008, to determine who earns the support of Montana’s delegates to the national convention. There are some Huckabee folks out there, too.

Right now it appears Montana’s support is between these three, but oh how times can change.