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Hearts sink as Romney left on sideline - Salt Lake Tribune
John McCain disappointed many Utahns when he bypassed Mitt Romney as his running mate. Explanations for why he was overlooked vary, but few think Romney's political life is over.
"All of us would have loved it if he picked Mitt because we love Mitt. Let's be honest," Republican Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said Friday.
By floating Romney, a Mormon, as a potential vice presidential nominee, "the McCain campaign played chicken with evangelicals and they didn't blink. So McCain did," said Spencer Stokes, a GOP strategist in Utah. "As much as the LDS Church has invested in public relations and trying to improve how the church is viewed in the South, it may take another hundred years for these voters to get past the Mormon issue."
John McCain disappointed many Utahns when he bypassed Mitt Romney as his running mate. Explanations for why he was overlooked vary, but few think Romney's political life is over.
"All of us would have loved it if he picked Mitt because we love Mitt. Let's be honest," Republican Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said Friday.
By floating Romney, a Mormon, as a potential vice presidential nominee, "the McCain campaign played chicken with evangelicals and they didn't blink. So McCain did," said Spencer Stokes, a GOP strategist in Utah. "As much as the LDS Church has invested in public relations and trying to improve how the church is viewed in the South, it may take another hundred years for these voters to get past the Mormon issue."