Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins Not Impressed with Romney, Perry

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins is not satisfied with Mitt Romney’s avoidance of Social issues in his 2012 Presidential Campaign. He also is not impressed with Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s stance on immigration:

CNN Political Ticker: A social conservative leader weighed in on the current crop of GOP presidential candidates Tuesday, saying Mitt Romney has lost momentum on issues that matter most to values voters.

“He is not speaking as strongly to the social issues as he did four years ago,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, at the National Press Club in Washington.

Romney, who’s taken a noticeably different campaign approach compared to his 2008 bid for president, has not promoted the values of his Mormon faith as much as his last go-around, focusing instead on this election cycle’s biggest issue: the economy.

Perkins questioned Romney’s decision to dial back on his social message, asking if the former Massachusetts governor was “genuine and solid” with those values in the first place.

“I think that if he is to emerge as the front-runner and the standard bearer for conservatives, he’s going to have to shore that up,” Perkins said.

Perkins also wasn’t so taken with Texas Gov. Rick Perry, saying the candidate’s answer at last week’s presidential debate on a Texas immigration law was “troubling.” . . . Read More