Could a Mormon man be elected President in the US in 2008?

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Mitt Romney, in his last nine months as governor of Massachusetts, was in Washington Tuesday to address the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in an early stage of his 2008 Presidential campaign. To a growing number of Republican activists, he looks like the party’s best bet. But any conversation among Republicans about Romney invariably touches on concerns of whether his Mormon faith disqualifies him for the Presidency.

The U.S. Constitution prohibits a religious test for public office, but that is precisely what is being posed now. Prominent, respectable Evangelical Christians have told me, not for quotation, that millions of their co-religionists cannot and will not vote for Romney for President solely because he is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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The Evangelicals are adamant, saying there is no way Romney can win them over.

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Romney wisely has no intention of lecturing America on Mormon theology. Rather, he cites the 1838 speech in Springfield, Ill., by the young Abraham Lincoln, in which he said, “let reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.” In other words, religion should not make that much difference in America.

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[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

• Yes, but only as a Democrat
  

That's a trick option. There are no Mormon Democrats.

[chri'stina 190]

I voted "No, for other reasons" but I'm really not sure...

I am an evangelical I guess, (somehow that word has been made into a weird thing)...but I don't know if it would matter to me whether the Pres was Mormon or Christian or secular, it would matter to me what his overall stand on things are. I can't expect the gov't to always line up with my beliefs, as nobody can really expect that all the time. Sure when someone is Pres that shares your beliefs, it's cool, but that won't always happen.

I don't really know what's going to happen in the 2008 elections. I guess we'll find out!

[m_and_m20 0]

At first glance i thought the title said "Moron"

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At first glance i thought the title said "Moron"

uh oh, here come the Bush jokes

[almaty 19]

At first glance i thought the title said "Moron"

and he is already bee n elected

i do not see a mormon president or jewish in the near future...mormonism in parts of the south and midwest..still is seen as a cult

[m_and_m20 0]

At first glance i thought the title said "Moron"

and he is already bee n elected

twice.....

[Jasman0717 9]

The only thing the Republicans will win next election will be the boobie prize!

[m_and_m20 0]

i do not see a mormon president or jewish in the near future...mormonism in parts of the south and midwest..still is seen as a cult

I agree, I dont think we will see a president other than the typical white catholic male. not any time soon anyway.

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i do not see a mormon president or jewish in the near future...mormonism in parts of the south and midwest..still is seen as a cult

I agree, I dont think we will see a president other than the typical white catholic male. not any time soon anyway.

Typical white catholic male?

When was the last time a Catholic man was elected President?

[chri'stina 190]

i do not see a mormon president or jewish in the near future...mormonism in parts of the south and midwest..still is seen as a cult

I agree, I dont think we will see a president other than the typical white catholic male. not any time soon anyway.

Typical white catholic male?

When was the last time a Catholic man was elected President?

good point..I think Kennedy was the last..I could be wrong. It's the white protestant males that get the presidency.

[m_and_m20 0]

i do not see a mormon president or jewish in the near future...mormonism in parts of the south and midwest..still is seen as a cult

I agree, I dont think we will see a president other than the typical white catholic male. not any time soon anyway.

Typical white catholic male?

When was the last time a Catholic man was elected President?

good point..I think Kennedy was the last..I could be wrong. It's the white protestant males that get the presidency.

sorry, my bad....you know what i meant though!

[Fuzzness 2]

I voted yes because, after the last two elections, I believe anything can happen

[Veiled Princess 1]

I voted yes because, after the last two elections, I believe anything can happen

Aint that sadly the truth!!!!

Not about a mormon as president (doesn't really make a diff to me) but about anything can happen.... I mean WHY is bush back??? Do we have a special kind of love for idiots?????

Whoever said they thought it said moron we already have one of those... we don't need a poll for that!!!!

[rclouse 0]

Do we have a special kind of love for idiots?????

No, what we have is fear. Had 9/11 not occurred, Bush would've been a one term President. Bush may be inept and a moron, but he played on the fear of the general population perfectly.