I thought the story on this letter from Mark DeMoss, an evangelical who supports the Romney campaign, was interesting. His main purpose is to rally conservative evangelicals to Romney and to warn against the nomination of Rudy Giuliani, who could be described either as socially moderate or liberal, depending on your perspective.
One key comment:
He went on to say, “as a Southern Baptist evangelical and political conservatives, I am convinced I have more in common with most Mormons than I do with a liberal Southern Baptist, Methodist, Roman Catholic or a liberal from any other denomination or faith group.”
Other interesting comments:
But at the heart of his memo is a series of hypotheticals. “Someone is almost certain to appoint two, three, or four justices to the Supreme Court. Do we want that person to be Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney?”
“Someone will deal with the definition of marriage in America — and will either defend and model a faithful marriage and strong family, or not. Who should that person be?”
“Someone will either defend unborn life — or defend those who place their rights and deisres above those who can’t be defined themselves. Would we prefer that Clinton, Giuliani or Romney be in that position?”
I don’t expect the majority of people who comment on posts in the Bloggernacle to agree with DeMoss’ perspective, but I thought it was nonetheless noteworthy.
My take as a Romney supporter: I’m going to vote for Romney, and campaign for him, in Florida. But if Giuliani wins, I don’t consider it a tragedy for the Republican party. Giuliani’s moderate-to-liberal social views will be offset by his need to shore up support with the conservative base. It would be a tragedy if social conservatives started a third-party movement, because that would assure Hillary gets elected. I believe Giuliani will most likely nominate originalist Supreme Court judges, although there are some who argue he will set his own course and we may get Harriett Miers types.
But I agree with DeMoss’ take that Romney is more likely to appoint the types of judges I agree with and support pro-family efforts than Giuliani. That’s one of the reasons I support Romney.