{"id":30,"date":"2007-09-12T13:22:28","date_gmt":"2007-09-12T13:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/09\/romney-pays-mormon-magazine-to.html"},"modified":"2007-09-12T13:22:28","modified_gmt":"2007-09-12T13:22:28","slug":"romney-pays-mormon-magazine-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2007\/09\/romney-pays-mormon-magazine-to.html","title":{"rendered":"Romney pays Mormon magazine to reach its readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the avalanche of stories about Romney\u2019s so-called <a href=\"http:\/\/news.aol.com\/newsbloggers\/2007\/08\/13\/romneys-mormon-problem-and-a-solution\/\">Mormon problem<\/a>, God-o-Meter almost forgot that being an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also has benefits for White House aspirants. After all, Romney has raised more money in Utah than in any other state besides California. And, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/ci_6868987\">The Salt Lake Tribune <\/em>reports<\/a>, the campaign believes there\u2019s plenty more where that came from. In what the <em>Tribune <\/em>says \u201cmay mark the most overt attempt by Romney to seek financial support from members of his religion,\u201d Romney has paid <em>LDS Living <\/em> magazine to send a fundraising pitch to its readers. A Romney flak coyly attributed his strong Utah support to the fact that \u201cit was the location for one of his greatest accomplishments, having turned the Salt Lake City Olympic Games of 2002 into a magnificent success,\u201d but that just makes God-o-Meter wonder: how worried is the campaign that more stories about Romney\u2019s Mormon-based fundraising will exacerbate his \u201cMormon problem?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the avalanche of stories about Romney\u2019s so-called Mormon problem, God-o-Meter almost forgot that being an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also has benefits for White House aspirants. After all, Romney has raised more money in Utah than in any other state besides California. 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