For Romney, a risky speech

By Robert Novak | Thursday, December 6, 2007 | The Washington Post

“…Iowa is crucial to Romney’s delicately balanced strategy to overcome anemic support nationally by winning first in Iowa and then in New Hampshire five days later. The snap decision to deliver the “Mormon speech” left intractable puzzles for the candidate to solve as he personally drafted the speech in private this week. How could he defend his lifelong religion without plunging into the murky waters of theology? How could he plead for tolerance without branding those voting against him as bigots? Incidentally, why is he delivering the speech deep in the heart of Texas, instead of somewhere in Iowa?…”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/05/AR2007120502236_pf.html

 

 

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