Mitt Romney is quickly shaping up to be the front-runner of the Republican 2012 contenders.
However, Mr. Romney has a number of serious problems that have to do with the core of the Republican party.

Republican Party Issues:
1.) Core evangelical base
2.) Pro-business donor base
3.) Conservatism that emphasizes a strong U.S. military.

Obviously Romney’s private equity background appeals to the pro-business donor base; however, Romney lacks George W. Bush’s appeal to the real grass roots muscle of the Republican Party, the evangelical Christian core base. John McCain was able to tap the Evangelical base using Sarah Palin, and benefited from going up against a non-incumbent Democratic Party nominee for President — one that could also be painted as an outsider to “real America.”

Romeny lacks McCain’s military background, military foreign policy experience and also needs to shore up his support among evangelicals through either policy or some other method. McCain was able to overcome the evangelical issues by adding Sarah Palin. Since Romeny has two issues to deal with he is going to have a much more difficult time covering his problems.