Dick Morris writes in The Hill, in part:

Conservatives find themselves facing an unpalatable choice of Giuliani, socially liberal but conservative on everything else, or McCain, socially conservative but liberal on everything else (except Iraq, where he is merely stubborn). Some even are voting for Mitt Romney, but most seem turned off by his Mormon faith. While this artifact of bigotry is obscene, it appears to be freezing the former Massachusetts governor below 10 percent in the polls.

a) McCain actually believes we are there for a reason and must stick with it. (And thank God for that.) That’s more principle than stubbornness, is it not?

b) Is there real evidence that Mormonism is going to kill his candidacy? (There are polls, many of them based on a generic Mormon — who even if you know Romney’s name, if you’re not a geek, you don’t really know him.) I think it is still early and insulting to suggest that’s what could do him in.

I’ve long been more worried about Romney not getting beyond the flip-flip concerns and being able to demonstrate he’s the guy to lead the war effort (his Pelosi, Iran, and now military stuff lately speaks to him coming into his own on the latter) .