{"id":303,"date":"2008-02-01T17:20:30","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T17:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/02\/opening-up-on-mormonism.html"},"modified":"2008-02-01T17:20:30","modified_gmt":"2008-02-01T17:20:30","slug":"opening-up-on-mormonism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/02\/opening-up-on-mormonism.html","title":{"rendered":"Opening Up on Mormonism?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"romney21.jpg\"God-o-Meter doesn’t fully buy this AP article<\/a>, headlined “Romney Opens Up About Mormons,” but there’s some interesting stuff here nonetheless. Check out this take on an AP-Yahoo poll about how few Republican Mormon skeptics have budged on Romney:<\/p>\n

An AP-Yahoo News poll shows that Romney has had very little success gaining the support of Republicans who have long-standing reservations about the idea of voting for a Mormon candidate. That group of Republicans represents half the party, and Romney trails McCain and Huckabee by 20 points each with those voters. Romney has made some gains with the other half of the party who felt more comfortable with the idea of voting for a Mormon, and now leads McCain among them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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God-o-Meter doesn’t fully buy this AP article, headlined “Romney Opens Up About Mormons,” but there’s some interesting stuff here nonetheless. 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