Tag Archives: Mitt Romney

Traditional Mormon ‘Last Days’ theology similar to Bible Belt beliefs

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Doug Gibson

(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here.) There’s a 2007 clip video of Mitt Romney stumbling over the question, “Do the Mormons believe the Garden of Eden is in Jackson County, Missouri?” Romney was clearly … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged "Prophecy and Modern Times", Christian fundamentalism, Conservative Mormonism, Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Ezra Taft Benson, Garden of Eden, Jackson County Missouri, Mitt Romney, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The last days, W. Cleon Skousen | 186 Comments

Romney’s grace after defeat may mitigate pain for many LDS supporters

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Doug Gibson

(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here.) Mitt Romney’s concession speech (here) was gracious, generous and conciliatory. It even impressed MSNBC talker Chris Matthews, who has spent the better part of a year accusing the … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 presidential race, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Mormons, President Barack Obama, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Mormon Moment | 28 Comments

The presidential election comes down to ‘Gallup’ versus ‘Silver’

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Doug Gibson

As we get closer to the final weekend of the presidential race there’s still no trend that can be determined by looking at all the polls, no one candidate moving to a small but significant lead. Despite that, most supporters … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged "Gallups", "Silvers", 2012 presidential race, Democrats, Election Day, Gallup polls, Mitt Romney, Nate Silver, Polls, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Turnout models | 19 Comments

An electoral college tie brings a Romney, Biden prez and vp

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Doug Gibson

I still think that in this last week of the presidential campaign one candidate will move slightly ahead — perhaps 2 or 3 points — in the aggregate polls and use that momentum for a narrow but solid win in … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 presidential race, Electoral college tie, Mitt Romney, President Obama, U.S. Congress | 2 Comments

Obama edged Romney in the debate, but does it really matter?

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Doug Gibson

Like last week, I think the Democrats scored a narrow win in the latest debate. Joe Biden was feistier than Paul Ryan last week and President Barack Obama was energetic and passionate last night, although Mitt Romney was again very … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 presidential debates, 2012 presidential race, Candy Crowley, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, President Obama, Voters attitudes | 29 Comments

Obama campaign’s appeal to women is condescending

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Doug Gibson

According to news reports, Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg told President Obama’s campaign that his polling numbers among women dropped so steeply after last week’s debate because he didn’t “speak to single women” and reassure them that he’s concerned about their … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 presidential race, Mitt Romney, Obama campaign, Religious freedom, Rep. Nancy Johnson, Stanley Greenberg, The Respect for Rights of Conscience Act, Women's rights | 9 Comments

No need to debate … Romney easily handled Obama

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Doug Gibson

Debate one is in the history books and it was a clear win for Mitt Romney over President Barack Obama. Romney was assertive without being mean, had a wide command of the facts, and simply outdebated Obama. Romney, for example, … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 presidential debates, 2012 presidential race, Andrew Sullivan, Chris Matthews, Jim Lehrer, Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama | 18 Comments

No one faces LDS Church discipline for criticizing Mitt Romney

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Doug Gibson

(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here.) Last week the media engaged in silliness by surmising that a disaffected LDS blogger, David Twede, was facing a church disciplinary council supposedly because he had criticized fellow … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged David Twede, Excommunication, LDS church discipline, Media sensation, Mitt Romney, Mormon temple ceremonies, Mormonism, Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Daily Beast | 49 Comments

This is a surreal election season; so many have declared Obama the winner

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Doug Gibson

It’s Sept. 20 and it’s a surreal election season. So many have assumed that President Obama has won re-election. Many of my liberal social media friends have move into full gloat mode. It’s over folks, Romney’s a loser, conservative pundits … Read More

Posted in The Political Surf | Tagged 2012 presidential race, Gallup, Mitt Romney, Overconfidence, Polls, President Barack Obama, Rasmussen | 22 Comments

The result of this election will be mostly about President Obama

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Doug Gibson

After the GOP convention last week, Mitt Romney received a small poll bounce — from the sole poll tracking likely voters — that will be gone by the time President Obama speaks at the Democratic Party convention on Thursday night. … Read More