Values Voters Lukewarm, But Romney Presses On

by Don Gonyea
NPR

October 9, 2011

Social conservatives have wrapped up a two-day Values Voter Summit in
Washington. Their goal is to keep the focus on issues such as abortion
and gay marriage, even as the economy tops the list of concerns for most
voters.

In a straw poll for GOP 2012 presidential hopefuls, Texas Congressman
Ron Paul was the winner, but much of the talk of the conference was
about former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is viewed by many in
the movement as soft on social issues.

Romney landed in fourth place in the straw poll, garnering just 4
percent of the votes cast. For the former governor, it's a measure of
the cool relationship he's always had with social conservatives. They
haven't forgotten that he once supported abortion rights even though now
he campaigns on a pro-life platform as he did Saturday.

"I will nominate judges who know the difference between personal opinion
and law," Romney said. "It is long past time for the Supreme Court to
return the issue of abortion back to the states by overturning Roe v. Wade."

1. "Their goal is to keep the focus on issues such as abortion and gay
marriage, even as the economy tops the list of concerns for most voters."

Values Voters think abortionists and gays are going to be knocking on
their front doors, forcing their daughters to have abortions and
converting their sons into gays. How very Republican of them.

2. Romney's position on Roe v. Wade is reason enough for me not to
consider voting for him.

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