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...politics and in academia, Chen—who took time off from writing his Ph.D. dissertation to join the Romney campaign—consistently makes deep impressions on friends, bosses, and colleagues...
...sitting in a conference room at the Romney for President campaign headquarters in Boston’s North End, Chen’s excitement at being domestic policy director is evident...
...Still, Romney did little to put to rest persistent questions about what exactly he believes. The candidate promised at the beginning of his address that "I will offer perspectives on how my own faith would inform my Presidency," and asserted throughout that he was shaped by his religious beliefs, but he left the details vague. He mentioned the word "Mormon" only once, in a passage forcefully refusing to distance himself from his faith, and referred instead to "my faith" or "my church" on ten other occasions...
...charge critics level at members of the LDS Church is that the faith is too secretive. Romney pushed back against "some who would have a presidential candidate describe and explain his church's distinctive doctrines," arguing that "no candidate should become the spokesman for his faith." But that principled stance may simply stoke concerns that Romney is reticent because he is prohibited from disclosing details about his religious tradition. Romney did address one charge head-on, making clear that he would not be required to answer to church authorities in Salt Lake City. But that is not even the pervasive...
...speech was perfectly calibrated for a general election race - or for a Republican primary campaign that did not include a candidate by the name of Mike Huckabee. Romney has a strong case to make that the shared political and social concerns of religious conservatives across faith traditions require them to join forces in the public square. But that argument only holds so long as evangelical Republicans have no other candidates to choose from. The question isn't whether evangelical voters could support a Mormon, but whether they would back a Mormon over an equally appealing Catholic or Protestant. Like...