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Here's an interesting take on why Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and Attorney General Mark Shurtleff have endorsed John McCain for the Republican presidential nomination over home-town hero Mitt Romney.
If Romney, a Mormon, is elected president, he would most surely not be able to appoint other Mormons to cabinet posts or other significant positions because of the political ramifications.
One of Romney's greatest challenges as he negotiates the Republican mine fields toward the nomination is getting through the Mormon question.
Many fundamentalist Christians in the Republican Party's conservative base don't trust Mormons and feel the LDS Church is not a true Christian Church. So Romney is down-playing his Mormon membership. Campaign insiders say it is crucial that he show a broad base of political support outside the LDS community.
Huntsman and Shurtleff are both Mormons and, under this theory, would be out of the running for a top federal job with Romney.
Speculation is rampant that Huntsman is playing the Mike Leavitt game and angling for a cabinet post or a juicy ambassadorship in a McCain administration. Shurtleff? Perhaps he would like something in Homeland Security, or maybe a drug czar appointment.
If McCain is elected, he could appoint all the Mormons he wants, with impunity.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
If Romney, a Mormon, is elected president, he would most surely not be able to appoint other Mormons to cabinet posts or other significant positions because of the political ramifications.
One of Romney's greatest challenges as he negotiates the Republican mine fields toward the nomination is getting through the Mormon question.
Many fundamentalist Christians in the Republican Party's conservative base don't trust Mormons and feel the LDS Church is not a true Christian Church. So Romney is down-playing his Mormon membership. Campaign insiders say it is crucial that he show a broad base of political support outside the LDS community.
Huntsman and Shurtleff are both Mormons and, under this theory, would be out of the running for a top federal job with Romney.
Speculation is rampant that Huntsman is playing the Mike Leavitt game and angling for a cabinet post or a juicy ambassadorship in a McCain administration. Shurtleff? Perhaps he would like something in Homeland Security, or maybe a drug czar appointment.
If McCain is elected, he could appoint all the Mormons he wants, with impunity.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
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