I was extremely unimpressed with Romney on this video. He is taking the John Kennedy line: I have religious views which are my private hobby. Then, I have views about public issues, which have nothing whatsoever to do with anything my church teaches.
This is muddleheadedness of a very high order.
On the issue of abortion, the Mormon church and the Catholic church teach the same thing: Abortion is murder, and it should be illegal. Romney has put himself into the same position as TED Kennedy: My church teaches mumble mumble about abortion, and whether abortion should or should not be illegal is up to me. In Romney’s case, he says it should be illegal. In Kennedy’s case, he says it should be legal. But the two men hold essentially the same muddleheaded position that religion is a private hobby, and has nothing whatsoever to say about public policy. Except, in Kennedy’s case, of course, for “racism,” the “children,” the “poor,” taxing the “rich,” “peace,” etc., etc.
James Carville: "It's a feel-good story, this Romney thing. Romney is an ascendant guy."