After so many ''RINOs'' were taken out in 2010, it doesn't seem far-fetched to suppose that all the Republican heavy-hitters might've sat out 2012 in part to avoid the kind of purity litmus tests that have torn apart so many candidates this cycle.
Agreed. Look no further than what they say about a church going Mormon who remains true to his marriage vows...
And yet the candidate who has one the first two primaries is not a social conservative, and the social conservatives together had less than 20% of the vote in NH.
The guy is more conservative than Reagan in his personal life.
