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A 2008 campaign manager for presidential hopeful Mitt Romney tells the National Journal<\/em> that the former Massachusetts governor’s religious roots are a stumbling block towards his race to the White House.<\/p>\n

Carl Forti, Romney\u2019s deputy campaign manager and political director in 2008, told the National Journal Insiders Conference that the yet-undeclared candidate in 2012 will face prejudice because of his Mormonism.<\/em><\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not something you can test. It’s not something you can poll,” Forti said after a bipartisan panel at the Grand Hyatt in Washington handicapped the 2012 field. “There’s just a bias out there.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Democratic pollster Mark Mellman agreed, calling it “the last socially acceptable religious prejudice.\u2019”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article on NationalJournal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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