Robertson not helping Guiliani yet as Romney pushes forward in the polls

Hearkening again back to news commented upon last week here on the Quail, it appears that Rudy Giuliani is showing some decline in the polls against Mitt Romney.


As I discussed in the aforementioned Quail post from last week, I find it interesting (and so have many others) that some of the most far-right social conservatives are supporting Guiliani, who is at least a social moderate, at least according to the "standard" definition that includes being pro-choice and supportive of civil rights for homosexuals. As a result of this disconnect, I can see why he might eventually lose ground, unable to cater to the many current faces of the GOP.

However, seeing Romney near the top of the polls is intriguing to me as well, given what I perceive as a general mistrust of Mormonism by many U.S. Christians. Though the issue of his religion has not been raised seriously in public, Romney is prepared to address it if and when that time comes.

Questions: Is it possible that the issue of Romney's religion has not come up because he isn't taken seriously as a viable candidate? If he is elected as the Republican candidate, will it then come to the forefront?

Secondly, is it possible that people really are overlooking the fact that he is Mormon, realizing that the Mormon social ethic is very similar to "traditional" Christianity (whatever that might be)? Either way, I'm excited to see how that discourse comes around if Romney is a front-runner moving forward.