Thanks, you stated that better than I did.
What? You don't think underneath his "Faith in America" Mormon speech in early December was this carefully hidden platform of his with the title "LDS bishop" and "LDS stake president" written on it? His less than 3 yo new position on abortion just happens to match the LDS position on abortion--the one he administered when he was a bishop.
Romney's "identity" politics is in some ways carrying him much further than Huck.
This is occurring on many different levels.
It’s happening at the vote level: Huckabee got 34% of the vote in a 60% Evangelical turnout in Iowa. Almost 1 in 5 Evangelical Iowans voted for Romney...Can you imagine Romney only getting 34% in Utah? The 8-10% of Nevada LDS voters, who made up a quarter of the Nevada GOP, went 94% for Romney. (The LDS voters helped him to carry Wyoming).
(Could you imagine how crazy the MSM & FReepers would go if 94% of Evangelicals supported an Evangelical candidate in any given state? But with Willard, another free pass)
It’s happening at the financial level: According to the Deseret News, 79% of the candidate $ raised in Utah is going Romney (which I figured was about 91% of the GOP candidate $ from Utah going to Romney).
(Could you imagine how crazy the MSM & FReepers would go if the most Evangelical state in the union had 91% of GOP $ to an Evangelical candidate? But with Willard, another free pass)
It’s happening at the core identificational level: Romney’s father’s cousin, Marion G. Romney, was one of the top three general authorities in the church in the 60s. Six generations ago, Romney’s ancestor was an “apostle”—as was his brother. In fact, this apostle converted a person who eventually became an LDS “prophet” of the church.
“Maybe I missed something, but I don’t think Mitt Romney has made his position within the LDS church part of his campaign.
Did you miss the “I’m a Proud Mormon” speech in Houston...???