By Patrick Appel
The Evangelicals warn:
An evangelical leader who, though he has close ties to Mr. McCain, confided to The Times that polling suggests that putting Mr. Romney on the ticket likely would cost Mr. McCain 7 percent to 10 percent of the evangelical vote - enough to spell defeat for Mr. McCain in a close race with Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Steve Benen thinks it's a bluff.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/07/say-no-to-mitt/213577/
