Romney gave that story to an interviewer, and it was described as a good thing.

So forgive me if I suspect your perspective is off on this one.

“And they recently ran a “The Making Of Mitt Romney” (http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/)that contained quite a few less than flattering observations.”

So it would be acceptable to do a story on a political figure without mentioning critics?

“The funny thing is, I keep hearing the talk about how Romney’s Mormonism will keep the religious right from voting for him. But the vast majority of those saying that are the left — who, I think we’ll all agree, are not usually privy to the inner thoughts of the religious right.”

Inner thoughts? I’ve read statements by Evangelicals calling Mormonism a cult and calling John Smith a pedophile. You don’t have to be psychic to figure out the subtle undertones of that.

And that isn’t a unique event. Plenty of times similar statements have been releases, why do you think he’s been giving the, “My faith is your faith” speech so often to right-wing audiences.

“As far as polls go… … Paying too much attention to polls strikes me as too much like subsubming one’s own opinions and judgment for the collective wisdom of the masses, as molded and interpreted and spun by the pollsters”

There’s a difference between using polls to form an opinion and using polls to predict an outcome.

Leading the Salt Lake Olympics forged his ”turnaround” reputation. But colleagues say buffing up his image for a political career was never far from the surface.

Romney steered the state through a major fiscal crisis. But critics say he overstates the feat and understates the side effects, including big fee hikes.

He helped bring first-in-the-nation universal healthcare to Massachusetts. But as his focus shifted to the presidency, so did many of his positions.

The funny thing is, I keep hearing the talk about how Romney’s Mormonism will keep the religious right from voting for him. But the vast majority of those saying that are the left — who, I think we’ll all agree, are not usually privy to the inner thoughts of the religious right.

As far as polls go… I don’t recall the specific mentions of Thompson’s standing, but then again I’ve never given a rat’s ass about polls. I thought I heard one report that Thompson was doing fantastic, but I very well could have misheard it, as I don’t pay much attention to them as a habit. Paying too much attention to polls strikes me as too much like subsubming one’s own opinions and judgment for the collective wisdom of the masses, as molded and interpreted and spun by the pollsters.

J.

Why would they? You have a better chance of making it to the White House than Romney does.

“It seems every other week they put out another “Ooh, he’s a scary MORMON!!!” article.”

I doubt that. It’s the religious right that hate his religion. That’s the reason he can’t be elected. It wouldn’t be strange to report on that fact.

“No, they’re going after Thompson because the polls say he’s the guy to beat right now”

What polls have you been reading? Thompson is way behind Rudy, and as soon as the Republican hits start happening, he will fall further.

Don’t get me wrong, I want Thompson to beat Rudy. Richardson polls favorably against Thompson and the Democrats would have little problem beating him for the White House.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/15905

The stronger the ties of their nominee to Bush and Bush’s War, the deeper the hole the neocon party will be in for ‘08. They should be hearing Chinese before too long, if not already.

No, they’re going after Thompson because the polls say he’s the guy to beat right now, and the Glob — owned by the New York Times — is fully invested in taking down the Republicans. The Romney angle is an interesting theory, but utterly unsupported by facts.

J.

Mike, that’s got to be one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard.

Thompson wasn’t an attorney, he wasn’t protecting his client. He leaked sensitive information to the subject of an investigation…

geez…

“Working to defend his client”?!?

No, the problem is he revealed secret investigation committee information to the people being investigated. That goes a bit beyond “working to defend his client.”

You guys are really grasping at straws here.

Got none of his own.