Romney Survived Iowa by less than 10 Votes

 

Christians Tried to Destroy Romney but Failed! 

Evangelicals and anti-Romney's section of the Conservative voting population in Iowa have failed to destroyed Gov. Mitt Romney. As time ticking away, battered Gov. Romney emerged to greet his supporters and also to thank the candidates of Iowa for rallying behind him against an army of evangelical, hard-core Conservatives, and anti-Mormon voters last night. He won Iowa caucus by less than 10 points which is still a win in a three-men tight race. 

Gov. Romney is the only candidate in this race whose followers are loyalists who have been with him from the first day. Pundits pointed out that 75% didn't support nor vote for Gov. Romney and predicted a more tougher road ahead for the winner of the Iowa caucus, but that is not the case. Out of Iowa, Gov. Romney has a huge support in New Hampshire and all the money he needs - including his own pocket - to go all the way. Even if Newt Gingrich takes South Carolina and Florida, he will not be able to command a huge following in the Midwest, Western, and northern States. 

It is fair to say that Gov. Romney's Massachusetts' healthcare law carries individual mandate, and seen by many Conservatives as a model which President Obama used in his Healthcare law, but he had openly pledged to repeal it. All the GOP candidates pledged to repeal Obamacare and it seemed that Conservatives give others the nod but rejected Romney's pledge as just words. Gingrich also called him a "liar"! The interesting thing about this whole anti-Romney saga is that they accused him of flip-flopping on many issues including his support for "pro-life" and Climate change, which he later rejected. Yet, they decry the fact that Gov. Romney didn't reject his healthcare law. It is obvious that if he did (rejecting his healthcare law in when he was governor), he would still be accused of flip-flopping! 

His opponent Senatorum almost defeated him and his surge had always been framed by the pundits as an indication of his brilliance and "old-school" style politics. Old style politics where sweats paid off in the end. I don't really see this that way. As a matter of fact, the rise of Sentorum was inevitable with the collapse of the Gingrich surge. I did not hear any specific economic plan(s) from the Sentorum's camp to address the impending economic disaster that is awaiting us if the government keeps going down this road of mass government's borrowing and spending. In most cases and in many debates, he merely heralding the already accepted narrative of the anti-Obama Conservative right. He talks about cutting taxes, working on partisan bills, etc. but the problem is that all of them have the same message. Therefore, it is right to conclude that his rise didn't occur as a result of his efforts or his brilliance, but the mere collapse of on of hard-right Conservatives, Gingrich. Sentorum will come crushing down in the near future as fast as he rose, which is a cycle that we've seen over the past few years amongst far-right Conservatives.


The Rejection of the ones with the Only Plans, why?

Ironically, the only two people, excluding the ambitious Ron Paul, that came out with two specific plans: Governor of Texas Ricky Perry and Gov. Romney. So, if the only candidates with the only specific plans didn't receive the support from the Conservative voters, then what is it? There are ample evidence from watching the campaign trail and interview of various Conservatives pundits that the Conservative Christians have a real problem with the Mormon candidate and have openly calling for the Christians to rally behind one "true Conservative (also known as non Mormons or true Christians)" to defeat Gov. Romney. Even the most affluent, eloquent and reasonable Conservative leaders, rejected him and pointed out his past Liberal positions, when all indicators pointed to Gov. Romney's faith as the real reason why this rejection. What are these indicators? The following explains why Conservative Christians voted against Gov. Romney because of his faith not his political past.



The reason why Christian voters embraced Gingrich and later Senatorum is obvious - they aren't Mormons. They are ready to support a Catholic candidate against a Mormon follower at all cost. President Obama puts in to law two most horrendous legislation - the Obamacare (the overhaul of the most effective quality healthcare system in the world) and the Cap-and-Trade law which rewards his extreme left environmentalists and his far left loons who had waged wars against Coal mining and other environmental issues in United States. Gingrich  supported the later - which is the Liberal green-agenda, something he said was a completely stupid move - and yet they are willing to overlook Gingrich's view on environmental issues while hammering Gov. Romney of "individual mandate".
This video (part 1,2,3) shows a different Gingrich!


Again, if Christian Evangelicals support Gingrich despite his (Gingrich) support for the Environmental issues and a string of other Liberal positions listed by the presenter of this video, whats in there that the the far-right Conservatives dislike about Gov. Romney other than his faith?

When it comes to president election, Gov. Romney will defeat Obama because of his appeal to moderate Liberals, and Conservative Democrats and Independents - groups that detested Christian elements of the GOP wing.