Is Mitt Romney nervous, or should he be?

Michael Luo tracks evangelical skepiticism over Mitt Romney-one woman wondered if Mormon prayers “even get through” to heaven-in Iowa in today’s New York Times. But it’s not just about Romney; it’s about the charging locomotive that is the Mike Huckabee campaign. Huckabee, you’ll recall, is not just an evangelical Southern Baptist, but a former Southern […]

Michael Luo tracks evangelical skepiticism over Mitt Romney-one woman wondered if Mormon prayers “even get through” to heaven-in Iowa in today’s New York Times.

But it’s not just about Romney; it’s about the charging locomotive that is the Mike Huckabee campaign. Huckabee, you’ll recall, is not just an evangelical Southern Baptist, but a former Southern Baptist pastor to boot.

From Luo’s dispatch:


Barbara Heki, 51, from Johnston, Iowa, who began volunteering for Mr. Huckabee over the summer, compared Mr. Romney to Senator John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat who was dogged by accusations of flip-flopping when he ran for president in 2004. Nevertheless, Ms. Heki admitted that her evangelical faith also figured prominently in her choice.

“Mormons spend two years of their lives as missionaries, preaching an anti-Christian doctrine,” she said. “I don’t want someone out there, if I can help it, who’s going to be acting on an anti-Christian faith as the basis of their decision-making.”

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