Could Mitt Romney be the Best Candidate For Vice President to Unite the Republican GOP?

Why Romney may be the Best thing for the Republican Party!

Mitt Romney has been running and running hard in this election so far. The press and the media have constantly made it clear that they don’t think that Romney can get the nomination. Currently he has the most delegates in the early races. Romney makes the racing analogy going with his references to silver and gold medals. No doubt a Not So Subtle reminder of the Utah Olympic mess that Romney cleaned up.

The point being Romney is out there every day running and trying in the states many of the other candidates are not even showing up in. In a world of 24  hour news and live bloggers, people like Rudy Giuliani are so out of the public dialog that you may think that was a different election that Rudy was in! NOT Romney. He is running in the race.

The press goes on to say, that he is running like that because he has the finances to keep doing it! Touche. Money makes the world go round! Yet as money and the economy become the most important issue to the electorate, we start to wonder why Romney is not taken more seriously.

For the last few weeks we have been seeing Mitt Romney with no tie and his sleeves rolled up. We are probably going to see a lot more businessman attire from now on. The major asset Romney has is his financial background. Yet he still is not getting the general support of the GOP. Why?

Mitt Romney is a Mormon. The issue of the evangelicals has become a major factor in the GOP. It is the reason why Huckabee is currently doing so well. For Mitt Romney, it has been the underlying doubt that continues to plague him. He has tried to address the issue. Even having former President George Bush Senior, introduce him for that monumental address on religion.

If you look at the current cast of the Republican Party, you do not find a very good candidate with Christian Values. Here is where the rub is! Mormons aren’t Christians.

Shooshhh…

Yet if we look at Mitt Romney’s positions on many of the social issues that are important to evangelicals, the Mormons share those same religious conservative values. Being a Muslim, I can easily say that Muslims share many of the conservative values. Issues such as those relating to abortion, and family values, or the homosexual agenda are areas of commonality between these groups.

Mitt Romney is a good candidate when it comes to executive ability, and when it comes to personal character, or family values. So the issue of his specific faith is what causes the evangelical right to stay away. Bigotry? As a Muslim in America, I feel Romney’s pain. Not that he feels mine!

Romney can unite the GOP in a strange way because he would have the support of financial upper class republicans and would also appeal to the social values of the conservatives. While being able to stay away from the negative extremist evangelical image of the “old” GOP. Has the Republican Party "EVOLVED" enough to accept a Mormon?

What does Romney do moving forward? As much as he can he has to promote new ides and programs. He should easily be able to talk about the ways to financially stimulate the US economy. He should be able to come up with new ideas to reveal along the campaign. Actual programs to promote to the financial growth of the country.

As to the national security concerns he has to take a very responsible position towards conflict resolution, economic trade and business development over seas. He can not run against McCain as the military wing of the Republican nominees. He has to continue to remain hard on terrorism, while toning back his rhetoric on Jihadism or Islamism. He has to be willing to talk about returning to the George Bush Senior foreign policy.

But without saying George Bush!

Could Mitt Romney be the best candidate to unite the Republican Party? I have a hard time not admiring everything that Patrick Buchanan ever says. With his sister Bay Buchanan being highly involved in the Mitt Romney campaign and the entire personal funds Romney has committed with, I would not bet against him!

He really does look like he came from "Central Casting"

Could Mitt Romney be the Best Candidate For President to Unite the Republican GOP?

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Saleem Siddiqui is a Political Commentator, Public Speaker, Actor and Consultant. He is a trained Mediation and Conflict Resolution Specialist. He conducts sermons and training for various religious and Nonprofit organizations. Working with effort to increase Muslim and Islamic awareness in Communications, Public Relations (PR), Public Speaking, Political Strategy, Media, Marketing, and many  other fields as they relate to the integration of Muslims in the United States of America and around the world.

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