Romney
Ralph Reed on McCain
By rvineis — February 11, 2008
CBN’s David Brody interviewed Christian Coalition leader and fallen GOP angel Ralph Reed on his thoughts of John McCain. Reed outlined what McCain needs to do to win over his party’s base. Reed: “First, he should choose a running mate with strong conservative credentials, both on social issues and economic issues. Then he should adopt […]
Mixed Blessing
By janshipps — February 7, 2008
Although they were proud of Romney, his co-religionists learned a bitter lesson from his campaign.
Romney Drops Out
By rvineis — February 7, 2008
Mitt Romney dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination today. His announcement at the Conservative Political Action Committee this afternoon included some remarks on religion. Romney; “Americans love God, and those who don’t have faith, typically believe in something greater than themselves—a “Purpose Driven Life.” And we sacrifice everything we have, even our […]
Romney’s Mormonism
By janshipps — February 4, 2008
When LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley died last week, Mitt Romney broke the non-stop campaigning he was doing in preparation for super-Tuesday and traveled to Salt Lake City for Saturday’s funeral observances. For those familiar with the Mormon tradition, the candidate’s decision to attend the funeral was not a surprise.
Mormons v. Christians
By Mark Silk — January 28, 2008
To bring things up to date (see earlier post) on that Focus on the Family video in which Tom Minnery expresses his appreciation for Romney’s “acknowledging” that “Mormonism is not a Christian faith”: The AP’s Rachel Zoll got on the story right away, and learned from Minnery that he had come to that conclusion based […]
Stop the Presses
By Mark Silk — January 19, 2008
This, from the AP’s “entrance” poll in Nevada: RELIGION COUNTS About a quarter of Nevada GOP voters were Mormon, and virtually all of them preferred Mitt Romney. Overall, about half of Romney’s Nevada votes came from Mormons. Among non-Mormons, he had a slight lead over Ron Paul. National polls have shown that his Mormon religion […]
Romney on Leno
By rvineis — January 19, 2008
Last night, Mitt Romney appeared on the Tonight Show with Leno. Leno asked Michigan’s favorite son about how faith influences voters. Romney’s response seemed to paint a rosy picture for South Carolina. “JAY LENO: Religion seem to be an issue. I don’t get why it is. I don’t see why religion really matters, but does […]
“There’s been no greater battleground…”
By rvineis — January 10, 2008
“…for the definition of marriage than the state of Massachusetts,” Romney’s new ad states. Implicitly, it also reminds us that there is no greater battleground for the GOP nod than South Carolina.
Pre-Mortem
By Mark Silk — January 6, 2008
It may be too early to write the obit for Mitt Romney’s campaign, especially on the morning after his victory–little noticed to be sure–in the Wyoming caucuses; but it’s not too early to think about the role of anti-Mormonism in his Iowa showing and current wobbly fortunes. In the end, this is not going to […]
Fool
By Mark Silk — December 22, 2007
Does the discovery that Mitt Romney only metaphorically “saw” his father march with Martin Luther King, Jr.–and that George Romney maybe only “marched” with King–give the lie to Mitt’s whole account of his feelings about the LDS Church’s 1978 change of position on admission of blacks to full membership in the church? As someone who […]
Distance
By Mark Silk — December 19, 2007
When JFK ran for president, he made sure to carve out differences between himself and his church on a couple of policy issues–aid to parochial schools and a U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. This was important because a central concern of those who opposed having a Catholic in the White House was that he would […]
Mormon Problem Persists
By rvineis — December 18, 2007
Stuart Rothenberg agrees with the notion that Romney’s speech did little to sway evangelicals. He feels that the speech did not bridge the fundamental gap that causes evangelical objections of Mormonism. “Given that evangelicals see Mormonism as deceptive and an attempt to pass itself off as a form of Christianity, one speech about tolerance and […]
Huckabee’s “Innocent” Question
By janshipps — December 17, 2007
Mike Huckabee’s question about whether Mormons believe that Jesus and Satan are siblings moved a decades-long guerrilla campaign that conservative Evangelicals have been waging against Mormonism into the political arena. Zev Chafets, who wrote the Huckabee profile for yesterday’s New York Times Magazine, said the preacher- politician posed the query “in an innocent voice.” But […]
Discrimination Revelation
By Mark Silk — December 16, 2007
It’s hard not to be moved by Romney’s answer to Tim Russert’s question on Meet the Press today about the LDS Church’s 1978 shift in position on full spiritual equality for blacks. The testimony to his and his parents’ commitment to civil rights is powerful, but above all what’s striking is seeing Romney’s eyes well […]
Non-Believers
By Mark Silk — December 12, 2007
In a video interview with the Atlantic’s Atlanti-Cam, Romney notes that he caught some flak for not mentioning non-believers in his Address on Faith. “Well,” he said, “I thought that was assumed within the general purview of faith.” Count me a little skeptical on that one.
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