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First, there\u2019s Mitt Romney\u2019s Mormonism<\/a>. This time around, when his chances of securing the nomination are better than in 2008, it has been at the centre of attention to his candidacy (his early opponent, Jon Huntsman, former Governor of Utah, helped underline Mormonism as a feature of the 2012 campaign). Of course, Mormonism has featured before, courtesy of Mitt Romney\u2019s father George, who lost the Republican nomination to Richard Nixon in 1968. But in 2012 it is attached to the real prospect of a Mormon presidential candidate.
Then there\u2019s Rick Santorum, Romney\u2019s greatest threat. He\u2019s a Catholic who nevertheless speaks in evangelical cadences immediately recognisable to the Protestant Republican hinterland. In his book \u2018It Takes a Family\u2019, Santorum mentions God frequently, champions \u2018the traditional Judeo-Christian worldview\u2019 and supports the idea, institutionalised in 2001 by George W Bush in his White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, that religious organisations, rather than government, should provide social services.
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