I will play political astrologer.
If Mitt happens to get the GOP
nomination, welcome a Democrat
back as president.

It is apparent ideas on solving major problems
have very little
to do with a candidate's popularity.
Name recognition through good speaking,
physical attributes, party association, and finally
major personal prefrences out
of the mainstream, seem to play
THE central role in who we back.

Mitt is a Mormon. He is cooked with the public...
with his own party.

Take McCain. He has to be considered a major
player but is not. He is not a good speaker.
He screwed around a whole lot as a pilot.
People will tell you he backs the war too much.
That, imo, is an excuse because he comes off so poorly
on TV. Huckabee comes across very well on TV.
If Huckabee had McCain's lack of persona, he would never
had a dime in contributions.

It is possible that a very good president to
be, could be a poor TV personality, ugly, have
a wife or husband that worships Thor, and...
we will never see this person as a president.

Image is everything. Substance... hell, we cant
even get to substance because WE dont want
substance.WE cant handle substance. Because if a candidate
says one thing we disagree with, cross em off.

So...
they dance around the issues, hoping not to hack
off anyone. WE WON'T let them tell us what they really
think. And we vote for those that dance around
the issues most deftly and then are able to convincingly
frame other candidates with specifics (that are usually
embellished).
WE cant handle specifics.