Romney Is Mormons’ Path to the Christian Mainstream
This article is for subscribers only.
May 21 (Bloomberg) -- During the 2008 presidential primaryrace, evangelical stalwart Mike Huckabee darkly hinted that MittRomney might believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers. Thistime around, Romney is the featured graduation speaker at JerryFalwell’s Liberty University. What changed?
In the short-term world of party politics, the answer isthat everybody loves a winner -- even the people who tried tobeat him in the first place. Evangelicals will have to vote forthe presumptive Republican nominee unless they want to stay homeand effectively cast their votes for President Barack Obama.Romney may be a Mormon, but Obama is worse, even for those whoacknowledge that he is not (gasp) a Muslim.