Excellent idea, because rural Southern Baptist conservatives just loves them some Mitt Romney. And what's not to love, what with the lecture notes running around their Sunday School teachers' email inboxes about the heresy and possible Satanic origins of Mormonism and all.

Gotta say it's not looking good for Deeds. If what I heard was correct, he recently came out as an OPPONENT of the public option. I can only see this a misguided even if he does think it is fiscally irresponsible (which it's hard to believe in as it is, in the long term very responsible, and probably is in the short term too). Cynically, this appears to be an attempt at triangulating or attracting the fiscal conservative voter. But this will just end up keeping liberals away from the polls, cutting his support where he'd have it by default because of the other candidate.

But McDonnell is such a prejudiced piece of work that appears to want education for only those who can afford it by cutting any state support for institutes of higher education (not Liberty of course, 'cause they aren't one) and has horribly regressive opinions on women's and gay rights that I fear what will happen to this state if he's elected. Remember that footballer's son and how he deliberately falsified state government ecological reports? We'll see another prejudice person doing the same thing again with the environment too. I can't help but think he's just another ends justifies the means person where the ends is his family and friends' pocket books. Looking at McDonnell's ads recently I find them actually funny they are so bad but Shrub-ites will like them. (Our 2nd amendment rights are under attack, don't you know.)

The polls still show Deeds behind. With moves like not supporting the public option, he's cutting his own throat. And that's a shame because the alternative is soooo two centuries old it's pathetic.