The degree to which he succeeded or failed won’t be found in blogs, columns, polls, or talk shows. It will be seen in church pulpits in the coming weeks. If pastors across the nation feel the need to do sermons explaining Mormon theology, he will have failed because voters will have come to identify Romney even more closely with his religion. If pastors don’t feel the need, if parishioners just don’t care about his faith, then he will have succeeded because people will simply see him as the guy running for president who happens to be of a different faith.