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Will Mitt Romney’s much-ballyhooed “Mormon speech” this Thursday end up de-emphasizing Mormonism? That’s the word this morning from The Los Angeles Times: Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Monday that he would not focus on his Mormon beliefs in a major speech on religion this week and instead would discuss his concern that “faith has…

Mitt Romney’s “Mormon speech” this Thursday will be delivered in College Station, Texas, less than 100 miles from the site of John F. Kennedy’s 1960 “Catholic speech” to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. But that may be where the parallels end, according to The New York Times Caucus blog: Dampening our expectations (and perhaps trying…

A “10” rating from God-o-Meter has its advantages. Consider yesterday’s Des Moines Register poll showing that Mike Huckabee has vaulted ahead of the Republican pack. The Register explains that Romney, the former Iowa GOP frontrunner, saw a 5-point drop in support since October due largely to losing evangelical support to Huckabee: The Register’s new scientific…

John Edwards told a crowd in Iowa yesterday that Democratic candidates could win Christian voters if they’re genuine, The Des Monies Register reports: Committed Christians can be attracted to the Democratic side if the party’s presidential nominee projects an honest interest in tackling moral issues, candidate John Edwards said here Sunday. Edwards pointed specifically to…

National Right to Life general counsel and Mitt Romney backer James Bopp Jr. told the Iowa Christian Alliance last week that a vote for Giuliani is a vote for Rudy Giuliani, The Washington Post reports. God-o-Meter remembers sitting down with a Romney aide more than six months ago and hearing that the campaign was likely…

Expect this week to be chock-o-block of pundits prognosticating about what Huckabee should/will say in his Faith in America speech this Thursday. God-o-Meter does not expect the lion’s share of prognostications to be terribly enlightening, but The Brody File hits the nail on the head about the central task of Romney’s speech: [W]ill Metric Mitt…

Mitt Romney’s campaign has just confirmed a report over at Mark Halperin’s Page blog that the former governor’s long awaited “Mormon speech” will arrive this Thursday in Texas, the state where JFK delivered his famous 1960 speech on Catholicism. Here’s the statement from Romney campaign spokesman Kevin Madden: “Governor Romney has made a decision to…

Who woulda thunk it? The woman whose presidential run has driven some Christian Right activists into the arms of Rudy Giuliani appeared yesterday at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church–and received a standing ovation. The occasion was Saddleback’s annual Global Summit on AIDS and the Church, and while the Orange County Register reports that all the top-tier…

A new TV ad that begins airing in Iowa and New Hampshire this weekend showcases Mitt Romneys’ past pro-choice views, further complicated his attempts to shore up conservative Christian support. Republican rivals Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee have also stepped up their attempts to raise doubts about Romney’s commitment to the pro-life cause. The new…

Were you, like God-o-Meter, wondering why Mitt Romney appeared to be tripped up by a question about whether every word in the Bible is true during Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate? The New York Times Caucus Blog sheds some light on the answer.First off, the exchange between Romney and debate host Anderson Cooper:MR. ROMNEY: I…
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