http://www.mormonlife.com/tag/Homeschool Mormon Life - Homeschool tag http://www.mormonlife.com/story/66135-homeschoolers-love-the-gop-except-for-romney http://www.mormonlife.com/story/66135-homeschoolers-love-the-gop-except-for-romney Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:59:00 -0600 <div> source: reuters.com </div> <i class="ml_blurb">Mormon Life says: Apparently many homeschoolers balk at Romney's relatively moderate track record and Mormon faith.</i> As the girls dig in to their math problems, Farrier contemplates the Republican presidential candidates who are vying for the support of homeschoolers like her.<br><br>"They're wooing us. It feels really good," she says.<br><br>After decades on the margins of political life, homeschoolers have become some of the most valued Republican foot soldiers in Iowa, where a few thousand activists can wield an outsize influence in the first nominating contest in the 2012 presidential election.<br><br>Four years ago, homeschoolers helped push Mike Huckabee to a surprise victory in the Iowa caucuses over Mitt Romney's better-funded, better organized campaign.<br _mce_bogus="1">