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Reid Says Romney Isn’t the “Face of Mormonism”

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is “not the face of Mormonism,” according to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who is perhaps the nation’s most prominent Mormon Democrat. And his comment comes at a time that national media outlets are picking up on an email being forwarded by church members asking them fast and pray for Romney’s candidacy.

Salt Lake Tribune Washington Correspondent Thomas Burr

(KCPW News) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is “not the face of Mormonism,” according to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who is perhaps the nation’s most prominent Mormon Democrat. And his comment comes at a time that national media outlets are picking up on an email being forwarded by church members asking them fast and pray for Romney’s candidacy. Every week, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for The Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online round-up of Utah politics. He spoke with KCPW’s Jeff Robinson about the controversial remarks.

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