Vying for the hearts and minds of religious conservatives, Mitt Romney is pulling ahead in the all-important name game.
Moral Majority co-founder Paul Weyrich is the latest social conservative A-lister to throw his support behind the former Massachusetts governor. Romney already has won endorsements from Bob Jones III, chancellor of Bob Jones University, and Jay Sekulow, a Pat Robertson acolyte and head of the American Center for Law and Justice. With Weyrich, Romney lands an even bigger fish – the founder of the Heritage Foundation and the man often described as the father of the religious right.
…this is a win for Mr. Romney. And, for those keeping score, it is a loss for former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who has enjoyed much grassroots support from Christian conservatives but continues to struggle to gain the confidence of many of the prominent leaders of the movement.
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