Well, I’d say two things about this.
One, it just goes to show how much the press loves RINO Romney. If a real conservative had said this, they’d be on his case instantly for bigotry and never let up. In fact, they recently forced Cain to back off a bit on not appointing any Muslims. I hope and think Cain really meant it, but he couldn’t afford to be smeared with the usual bigotry charge by the left wing propagandists.
Two, although I think that the LDS is a false religion, they didn’t attack the World Trade Center. They are not our declared enemy. They don’t commit hundreds of suicide bombings every year. They would love to convert us, but they are not going around killing us—at least not since the nineteenth century, and even that might be said to have been a complicated business, not a jihad.
But Mormons are duplicious. Conversationally, Muslims won't shy away from deeming Christians as "infidels." Mormons, on the one hand (except for Mormon missionaries), allow their Web sites, publications, curricula, books & other sources to attack Christians as "apostates." Conversationally they attempt to convert Christians while usually shying away from unveiling what their "scriptures" teach about Christians.
What I'm saying is that Mormons tend to speak softly while carrying a big stick with the attack weapons they pay for with their wallets and purses.
It yields the false impression of how "nice" they are...saying one thing to your face and feeding the coffers of attacks with every 10% of their lifetime income going to the coffers of the Mormon church.