Religious Politicians Problem With the Truth

I am a bit frustrated at a couple of our Republican candidates--Mitt and Huck. Now understand that I want people to reject them for various reasons. But they are causing a problem that will last far beyond this election.

Both of these guys are the recognized religious candidates. Some have problems with Mormonism, but nevertheless they are recognized as a moral religion. Yet both of these religious people have been telling whoppers. Huck distorts his record sometimes telling half-truths and sometimes just lying (e.g. the referendum on raising gas taxes that had been implemented two months before when the referendum was on a bond issue; that he had nothing to do with the DuMond parole; etc.). Mitt is now making up incidents where his father marched with Martin Luther King, Jr.

What is the impact of this problems with morals? I hope the short-term issue is that these two will drop in the popularity so that Fred can move in and win the nomination. I am afraid that in the long-term that mainstream voters will lose confidence in religious politicians. Religious politicians should hold themselves to a higher standard--our current crop do not measure up.