A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every American Should Know about Mitt Romney (Google eBook)

Hugh Hewitt

Regnery Publishing, Mar 12, 2007 - Political Science - 311 pages

According to author and radio personality Hewitt, Mitt Romney-billionaire venture capitalist, consummate family man, gifted and media-savvy politician-would be unstoppable in the coming presidential race were it not for one niggling line on his resumé: he's a Mormon. In this unashamedly partisan volume, Hewitt attempts to refute the claim that no Mormon could get elected President (along with any other claim that might be made against Romney) while analyzing the former Massachusetts governor's biography and burnishing his conservative and leadership credentials. Hewitt is an agreeable, if.

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Review: A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every Conservative Should Know About Mitt Romney

User Review  - Anna - Goodreads

I thought Hewitt did a great job on this book. I think that it was interesting that in the beginning he states that he wasn't sure if he was going to vote for Romney when he was writing the book ...

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User Review  - Jeff Stockett - Goodreads

This book was written prior to the 2008 campaign. As such, some of the information here is horribly dated. The author spends time talking about how Romney will need to beat McCain, and he focuses on ...

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• This Isnt Mitt Romneys First Presidential Race: 21
• A Gold Medal Performance: 63
• A Christmas Card Family: 73
• Mitt Romney Is ProLife: 101
• Mitt Romney Defends Traditional Marriage: 119
• Under the Golden Dome: 145
• Mitt Romneys Advantages: 163
• The Attack The Too Perfect: 195
• Mitt Romneys Got a Mormon Problem: 205
• Conclusion: 249
• Interview with John Mark Reynolds: 271
• Acknowledgments: 289

Popular passages

Page 22 - The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State, if necessary, for the public good.‎

About the author

Hugh Hewitt is an author, educator, broadcaster, and attorney who graduated from Harvard University and the University of Michigan Law School. Hewitt has served as counsel in the White House and for the state of California. He is a partner in the law firm Hewitt & McGuire and a professor at Chapman University School of Law. He was also appointed to a four-year term on the California Arts Council. Hewitt is a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register. He appears as a commentator on such TV shows as Nightline, the Today Show, and Larry King Live. He hosted the PBS series Searching for God, modeled after his book by the same name. Hewitt was awarded an Emmy in 1995 for co-hosting the show Life and Time.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every American Should Know about Mitt Romney
• Author: Hugh Hewitt
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing, 2007
• ISBN: 1596980486, 9781596980488
• Length: 311 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Political; Biography & Autobiography / Religious; Political Science / Political Process / Elections; Religion / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)