"As he begins campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination," former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) "is facing a threshold issue," the New York Times reports. "Will his religion -- he is a Mormon -- be a big obstacle to winning the White House?"
"Mr. Romneyís advisers acknowledged that popular misconceptions about Mormonism -- as well as questions about whether Mormons are beholden to their churchís leaders on public policy -- could give his opponents ammunition in the wide-open fight among Republicans to become the consensus candidate of social conservatives."
"Romney is taking no chances. He has set up a meeting this month in Florida with 100 ministers and religious broadcasters. That gathering follows what was by all accounts a successful meeting at his home last fall with evangelical leaders, including the Rev. Jerry Falwell; the Rev. Franklin Graham, who is a son of the Rev. Billy Graham; and Paula White, a popular preacher. Mr. Romney said he was giving strong consideration to a public address about his faith and political views, modeled after the one John F. Kennedy gave in 1960 in the face of a wave of concern about his being a Roman Catholic. "
February 8, 2007
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