I find myself wishing the Primary season were more stretched out because I see the candidates growing, evolving. At first I was thrilled with the super-duper primary on 2/5 because the previous schedule — Iowa, NH and then Super Tuesday, a sweep of the South, gave almost total nominating power to the South and to rural America. It led to the complete disenfranchisement of the moderates in the Primaries. My state’s Primary used to be in June.

Everybody despises the moderates — until the General election, of course, when suddenly EVERYBODY’S a moderate. The candidates have to totally re-invent themselves because the early Primary voters do not resemble the nation as a whole. So we have come to expect this Presidential candidate charade every 4 years. No wonder we are all so cynical.

It’s Rudy’s “here I am — take it or leave it” attitude that I like because it makes me think with Rudy what you see is what you get. I feel I got played by Bush II and I am wary of a repeat — you know “fool me once …..”

Today I think I saw the genuine Romney and I have to admitI liked what I saw.

There was a third reason that’s at least as important as those two. The union of Throne and Altar puts religion at the service of government. Religions given political privileges pay for them by composing theological rationales for State policy. That arms the State with weapons both in the natural and the supernatural realms: Not only does a lawbreaker or resister risk temporal punishment, he’s also in violation of his church’s decrees, and thus at risk of his immortal soul.

In my opinion people have more doubts about his authenticity than his faith. I don’t think it’s over religion that the Huck’s beating his butt in Iowa.

The half-wit Harry Reid is a Mormon - anybody asked him to explain himself?

Anybody asked Clinton, Edwards, or Obama to elucidate their religious views?

Of course not - they’re democrats. Only republicans have to explain themselves.