If you say so, George

George Will has an interesting take on the 2008 GOP presidential nominee sweepstakes. His line of thought goes like this: with George Felix Allen's rich, wannabe-redneck, racist, and thuggish act wearing very thin (to the point of potentially not winning re-election), his 2008 chances have nose-dived as well. Since the fundie wing of the party is looking for another reliable christianist wingnut to rally around in order to counter McCain's run as the prohibitive favorite, Allen's buffoonery benefits Mitt Romney as the social conservative of choice in '08.

Okay. Will's logic makes sense but for one thing. Romney is Mormon, and I'm not sure how the evangelical Bible brigades of the southland are going to respond to this little personal nugget in Mitt's biography. My gut tells me that Mormonism doesn't pass the evangelical heresy sniff test and Romney's candidacy will be a non-starter, but I could be wrong.