“You and your spouse are cordially invited to a private meeting with national conservative leaders of faith at the ranch of Paul and Nancy Pressler near Brenham, Texas, with the purpose of attempting to unite and to come to a consensus on which Republican presidential candidate or candidates to support, or which not to support.”

Some of the nation’s leading religious conservative leaders are gathering this weekend in Texas in an effort to consolidate a fractured GOP electorate around a single presidential candidate who best expresses their views. “One thing unites all in this group – Romney is not their guy,” said one of the participants, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The meeting at Brenham ranch of Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge and influential Southern Baptist, is part of an ongoing effort to unite social conservatives around a single candidate. Many of those invited for this weekend attended earlier meetings over the last year at the ranch of Christian conservative James Leininger and at the Euless church of televangelist James Robison. Rick Perry spoke at both events, according to those who attended. Perry campaign spokesman Ray Sullivan said Perry has no plans to attend.

“The goal is to come together around somebody who will carry our issues and won’t abandon those issues when he becomes president,” he said. Romney is seen as too moderate and unreliable on issues important to religious conservatives. He said that Christian conservatives have divided their support among Perry, Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann. And months of efforts to convince leaders to consolidate around one candidate have failed.

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