Mitt is on the money
It is final now: Mitt Romney is the official presidential candidate of the Republican Party for 2012. This is in itself a little miracle. To begin with, given the strength of Christian fundamentalists in the GOP – from Evangelicals to Catholics – it is still remarkable that a Mormon has finally made it to the top of the ticket. Given the history of Mormonism in the US and its longstanding antagonism from ‘mainstream’ Christian groups this is probably the clearest indicator of the magnitude of resentment towards Obama. To Tea Party fundamentalists, even an apostate is more acceptable than – I guess – a black person in the White House. Those two delegates who threw nuts at a black CNN camerawoman with the comment " this is how we feed the animals " are probably – despite the political correctness of the official reaction - just an indicator of the Republican Zeitgeist. There is though another reason why this is even more interesting. After all, this is the first election where...