Mitt Romney

Being Governor of Massachusetts has led many a politician to consider running for President of the United States.

Few have actually won.

Mitt Romney, the latest in a string of Massachusetts hopefuls, threw his hat into the ring in 2007 to be considered as George Bush's successor. Overseeing the Big Dig debacle may not be his best calling card. Here's what political pundits, bloggers and reporters are saying about his actions and his chances:

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There aren t too many people who have earned simultaneous Juris Doctor and MBA degrees from Harvard. Mitt Romney is one of them. But he has always liked the toughest challenges. He first made a name for himself as the brilliant turnaround miracle worker from Bain Capital. And he's the one who turned the debt-ridden, scandal-plagued 2002 Olympics into a marvelous success.

Now he is campaigning to be our next president. He is a staunch advocate of free market economics and a devoted husband and father who believes in traditional values. Can he win? Will voters give him the chance to apply his management proficiency to our federal government?

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Mormonism -the final hurdle?
Perhaps it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a Mormon to enter the Oval Office.
At least that is the contention of author Craig L. Foster in assessing Mitt Romney's bid for the presidency.
In the seven chapters of the book Foster traces the rise and power of the Religious Right, a political history of the Latter-day Saints, Romney's background from Mormon missionary to man with a mission and finishes with three chapters on the Mormon question.
There is not much doubt that Huckabee played the 'Mormon card' to Romney's detriment in Iowa, and other evangelical strongholds, and his disingenuous style is revealed by the author. When asked whether he considered Mormonism a cult or religion the former Arkansas governor replied, "I think it's a religion. I really don't know much about it." But he knew enough apparently to comment "don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"
As Foster notes, Huckabee 'keynoted the 1998 Southern Baptist Convention in Salt Lake City' and since the convention's theme was to fight against Mormonism he would have been perfectly aware of anti-Mormon tracts that circulated there, including those that 'explained' the question Huckabee not-so-innocently asked on the presidential trail. It was low politics but it helped Huckabee win in Iowa... a case, perhaps, of mission accomplished but definitely not of someone attempting to 'do the right thing,' to coin a phrase and a book title!
Foster gives other examples of the 'well being poisoned' and it is not a pretty picture.When one Christian group, or candidate, attempts to denigrate another person or group of faith,albeit of an unorthodox kind, it sends a very potent message of encouragement to those who hate all religions. It can also have a corrosive effect within the GOP and more than a few Republicans believe that if Huckabee had won the nomination his tactics could have led to large numbers of mountain west Republicans voting for the Democratic ticket. Perhaps Huckabee might find Mark 8:36 instructive and to paraphrase that Biblical passage, what should it profit a man if he should gain party nomination and lose his own integrity-and the election! (It is a message that I hope my fellow evangelical learns well because he does have plenty to offer).
The author has written an interesting book about the 2008 election and finishes with a section listing 10 Mormons who have run for the presidency, including the founding LDS prophet, Joseph Smith, the first man assassinated during a presidential campaign.
Romney's performance has been better than any other LDS candidate (at the time of his departure from the race he was clearly in second position amongst GOP candidates) but it remains to be seen whether any Mormon can go further given the evangelical base of the GOP and those who are prepared to promote fear and prejudice over reason.
One can only hope that if Huckabee and Romney do clash again in 2012 it will not be played out against a backdrop of the latter's religion.

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Sky Eccles has a father who is Mormon and a mother who is Protestant. Her father's roots go back to the founder of his church and the pioneers; her mother's roots are foggy and forgotten. Because she was born and raised with a double identity, Sky sees her surroundings in duplicate, like a Kodak color print sitting beside its own filmy negative. A new career in journalism is giving her clarity of vision

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