Between Two Worlds: Romney for Prez

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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Romney for Prez

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Russ Moore asks: Are social conservatives and evangelicals ready for a Mormon President?

7 Comments:

DJP said...: Ah. Same question I posed well over a year ago here, and revisited more recently here. Glad others are talking about it now; we'd better be ready.; 9/26/2006 09:44:00 AM
Nick Nowalk said...: "Better a wise Turk than a foolish Christian"--Martin Luther; 9/26/2006 10:10:00 AM
Mike Garner said...: I would gladly take Romney right now over the other alternatives (both Democrat and Republican).

I don't think that it is likely that Romeny will streamline Mormonism - especially if he wants to win. Political Philosophy has recently taught us that to win you need to believe in a god but not enough for it to really matter. If Romney tries to lead with his Mormonism or even let it appear that it is a central part of his character, he cannot win. If he runs as the social conservative then he is much more likely to make a strong showing.

In that view, Evangelicals win both ways. We probably do not want a person to streamline mormonism, but we do want the social conservative.

That being said, if a solid Mormon can get enough votes to even be talked about in an election, I want to know why we don't have some solid evangelicals in the mix.; 9/26/2006 01:22:00 PM
m b redmond said...: I would prefer George Allen. But I got to say I would prefer over any liberal, a Mormon who does not like the idea of sticking a fork in a baby's head, raising my taxes, surrendering to our enemies and discrimating on the basis of race.; 9/26/2006 01:49:00 PM
Cavman said...: Better than John McCain... the dude is so moderate he could be called a 'carnal Republican'.
Loved our Mormon doctor. The issue for me is - does the guy know what he's doing, and is what he wants to go good for the nation or just some special interest group?; 9/26/2006 09:16:00 PM
Mike C. said...: Living in Massachusetts, I can say that Romney has been a pretty good governor. I wrote to him about his stem cell bill a couple of years ago and received one of the better reasoned responses from an elected official ('s staffer). He has been accused of posturing on some issues (the globe has an editorial about his views on abortion vis a vis the Lt. Governor, Kerry Healy, who is running as the Republican this year), and he made some mistakes in his bid to unseat Ted Kennedy back in the ninties. On the plus side, he has been able to make some changes with a Democratic legislature in place.; 9/27/2006 07:35:00 AM
Anonymous said...: A question for Evangelicals:
As a practicing Latter-Day Saint I have become used to other Christians insisting that I am not Christian. How do Evangelicals define what it means to be Christian? For me the answer is simple: A Christian is someone who strives to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ because they believe He is, through His grace, their personal Savior. So how would an Evangilcal answer the question what does it mean to be Christian?; 9/27/2006 10:33:00 AM