I'm not at all concerned about his religion. If anything, he is the kind of person who would bend over backwards to prevent it from being an issue. I'm more concerned about what is paradoxically his greatest strength, his apparent pragmatism. That is a good quality in a business leader, but can be problematic in the leader of your country. Reagan, for example, had a ton of common sense but I don't think anyone ever called him pragmatic. He had principles, and they were not open to negotiation. Watching the democrat candidates yesterday, it is obviosu that there will be vast cultural differences between the candidates if anyone other than Guiliani is nominated. Republicans will need someone who can make the conservative case without apology, not someone who will go soft the first time they are accused of being a hate-filled homophobic bigot.
Just out of curiosity... what exactly is a "right wing fundamentalist nut job?" Is that someone who believes in God, lower taxes AND opposes abortion? Polls show more than 1/2 the population fall into that category.
Nope. The ones I refer to are like pornography, you know it when you see it .... . You also know it when you hear "faith based". Now that I think about maybe we ought to tax them too - - why should they get a break on Creation Museum tourist attractions? And the Religious Right is nowhere near 50%. I don't believe that for a minute. More here: http://www.au.org/site/PageServer
I know this isn't the purpose of your thread, so I don't want to change the subject. However, more than 1/2 the population believes in God and supports lower taxation and opposes abortion. According to the media, that would make them part of the "evil, religious right." That website you provided is from a notoriously left-wing organization, by the way - hardly non-partisan. I've always wondered, what about the "religious left?" If there's a "right", by definition, there has to be a "religious left." I suppose those are the humanistic ones who worship the earth, support socialism and believe that Marx/Darwin/Castro/Chavez had/have their good points.