My Man Mitt...

I am pleased to announce my participation over at My Man Mitt, arguably the finest pro-Romney blog. Yesterday, I suggested that Romney could run in California on his natural strenghts in the area of illegal immigration and support for marriage and family. The fact remains though, that California loves a rock star candidate like Rudy Giuliani. Unfortunately, California Republicans have been willing at times to look past a candidate's positions so long as they have the right political affiliation because a liberal Republican is always better than a liberal Democrat.

What concerns me today is the impact a radical change in our current primary election cycle would have on the influence of social conservatives in the Republican party. Social conservatives are already on the way to a marginal role this election because of their rocky relationship with McCain and some hesitancy about Romney's religion. While they revel in the quandry of lacking a favored candidate amongst the top tier, their influence is quietly slipping away as the most liberal Republican in the election begins to emerge as the front-runner.

Californian Republicans are as conservative as the next bunch, but there is an awful large contingency of independants. Because of this, if California's role in the Republican nomination becomes more important, the influence of social conservatives may be diminished even further.

This should be a cause of concern to social conservatives everywhere and should underline the importance of getting behind Romney as soon as possible unless you want to see the gains made under President George W. Bush completely obliterated. I would suggest that once you have a liberal Republican in the white house, it is difficult to ever have a conservative again.