Why did Mr. Romney not do the obvious thing and include [atheists and freethinkers]? My guess: It would have been reported, and some idiots would have seen it and been offended that this Romney character likes to laud atheists. And he would have lost the idiot vote.
My feeling is we’ve bowed too far to the idiots. [From Peggy Noonan Admits GOP Is Controlled By Fundies, "Idiots"]
I believe the term is ‘pander’.
…which would make Mitt a “pander bear.”