http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/12/18/south-carolina-not-buying-romney/ Covering the 2008 election Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:45:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/12/18/south-carolina-not-buying-romney/#comment-133 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:57:47 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/12/18/south-carolina-not-buying-romney/#comment-133 [...] But it is clear from other sources that this is not how Romney describes this. In fact, this is somewhere where Romney is between a rock and a hard place. In fact people challenge his "conversion" on these issues because there is nothing that grounds them … other than running for office (like the last time he became pro-life).  This point was made by Oran Smith of the Palmetto Family Council in a National Review Byron York article (and explicated by me): “Christians generally like for someone to have a conversion experience and a mea culpa moment,” says Smith. “But he doesn’t have that to turn to. He can’t say, ‘My faith changed, and therefore my views changed.’ That’s the normal thing with Republicans who move to the right on some issues — they claim to have had some spiritual transformation.” [...] […] But it is clear from other sources that this is not how Romney describes this. In fact, this is somewhere where Romney is between a rock and a hard place. In fact people challenge his "conversion" on these issues because there is nothing that grounds them … other than running for office (like the last time he became pro-life).  This point was made by Oran Smith of the Palmetto Family Council in a National Review Byron York article (and explicated by me): “Christians generally like for someone to have a conversion experience and a mea culpa moment,” says Smith. “But he doesn’t have that to turn to. He can’t say, ‘My faith changed, and therefore my views changed.’ That’s the normal thing with Republicans who move to the right on some issues — they claim to have had some spiritual transformation.” […]

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