A Mormon in the White House?

A MORMON IN THE WHITE HOUSE? 10 THINGS EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MITT ROMNEY:
Hugh Hewitt: 2007: NonFiction: 311pgs.

Many of you will remember Hugh Hewitt’s PBS series on “Searching for God in America,” which included an interview with Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now Hewitt has written a hagiography in support of Mitt Romney’s presidential bid. “A Mormon in the White House? 10 Things Every American Should Know About Mitt Romney” is a book-length tract designed to convince Evangelicals that Romney is their best bet to represent their values in the White House. In a well-written text, Hewitt takes readers through Romney’s political heritage, his business achievements, the 2002 Olympics, his family life, and beliefs. His presumption of an already deeply conservative audience is clear from the fact that the book is published by Regnery, and by his derisive tone towards other presidential players such as John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Rudolph Giuliani (which seems unhappily hypocritical when one is writing from a Christian perspective). Although Hewitt does an excellent job of painting the attractive possibilities of a Romney presidency, his occasionally contemptuous tone will likely limit the book’s appeal to moderates or independents.

LW