Oh. Wow, that's kind of bizarre, isn't it. Well, this may be why I'm in no danger of becoming a Mormon.
Nonetheless, I still think a guy who considers Jesus his personal Lord and Saviour is better than a guy who favors partial-birth abortion, gun control, and gay marriage. If I can't have Newt Gingrich or Duncan Hunter I'll have to compromise somewhere.
"Oh. Wow, that's kind of bizarre, isn't it."
I've had a few friends that are Mormons and been to a couple of Babtisms. Once got about half-way through a "standard" old-time hymn and realized that the "by his stripes we are healed" refered to Joseph Smith instead of Jesus!
That said, I imagine that many of our greatest Presidents would not pass the religious "litmus test" many now have (Jefferson created his own Bible with all of the miracles crossed out, etc.). The few Mormons I have known are very conservative, independent, pro-military, family oriented, etc. A conservative's conservative.
Whether Romney is one deep down I don't know, but I doubt it if he was able to get elected in Massachusetts. His old abortion record is liberal, but he says he's changed. Some anti-gun laws he passed were noted to me by another Freeper to be the best that he could do with a liberal congress in Mass. And I agree with the "...have to compromise..." part - come ELECTION time, but in the primaries its too soon.