Daily Irrational: Mitt Romney

Today’s Daily Irrational spewed from the mouth of Mitt Romney. Mitt, who has a vested interest in not making religious affiliation a part of the political campaign, has decided that maybe there is a place of religion in determining who should fill a political office. When asked if he’d be willing to give a cabinet level position to a qualified candidate of the muslim faith, he said no.
…based on the numbers of American Muslims [as a percentage] in our population, I cannot see that a cabinet position would be justified. But of course, I would imagine that Muslims could serve at lower levels of my administration.
Personally, I’d think that the nearly 3 million Muslim Americans deserve some representation at high levels. Recent census data shows that population more than doubled between 1990 and 2001 going from 0.3% of the total population to 0.6%. The Mormon population in contrast shrank over that time frame from 1.5% to 1.4% of the total population.
The real issue though, is that if Mitt seriously considers Jihadism to be the principal foreign policy threat, it would seem smart to make sure to include moderate Muslims in the decision making process as we plan a response. Denying any qualified candidate because of their racial or religious background is wrong. To exclude a perspective that could be particularly valuable is downright irrational.

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