It’s a religious conflict between the LDS Mormons and Southern Baptists.

Although even normal non slave supporting baptists would have similar doctrinal conflicts. The issue isn’t so much political or about abortion or homosexual marriage, as it is doctrinal and theological.

Even though they don’t come from the same geographic area, in a sense, they are competing for the same Christian votes. Huckabee’s also from Arkansas, which used to be a Democrat governor stronghold.

To GB, there’s a difference in serving the US Constitution at the President’s pleasure, and serving the President. Not even Nixon’s cabinet ended up serving Nixon just because of his orders. It’s often argued that one should keep one’s friends closer, and one’s enemies closer. It’s easier to get intel that way.

And Democrats usually get former failed Presidential bids to get on the cabinet, for evil finds power in alliances, even more than the enemies of evil do. See how the Republican “leaders” squabble over the corn thrown from the American King, Trum. No wonder the REpublicans normally don’t put other Presidential bids in the cabinet, their old boy country club can’t sustain it.

If those are the choices, I would choose Giuliani. He’s more likely to share the same vision for foreign policy as Trump. Romney is more likely to promote his own agenda, rather than the presidents.

Based on what Romney said about Trump during the campaign, I find it odd that he wouldn’t have a problem taking orders from Trump.

@ Matt: I take it that you think Trump is Hitler? Might as well join the protests.
I think Hitler was Hitler. I think Trump is Trump.
I think that leaders who throw a bone into a pen to see two hungry dogs fight over it aren’t nice people.

Commerce can be revamped into a robust vehicle for restarting the economy, provided the right economic policies are promoted and with Congressional cooperation in deregulation and simplified legislation that clears the logjam of obstructions to economic growth.

The LA Olympic swamp cannot begin to compare with the swamp at State. But it’s not Romney’s ability I doubt, its his attitude. In the Olympic venue, it was about promotion, something no one could dispute. Whereas at State, diplomatic appeasement is the dominant paradigm. Romney has indicated in his speech that he shares that POV.

Bolton is my top choice as well and for exactly the same reasons.

“As to draining the swamp. Romney was the consummate swamp drainer when he took over the failing LA Olympics. He has more swamp draining creds than most.”

He took over the SLC Olympics.