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Conservative Wordsmith on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:39:01 PM
Conservative Wordsmith Susan Baldwin writes: Mitt Romney received a high recommendation today by Mark DeMoss, a well-known evangelical publicist. Rev. Franklin Graham, son of the famous American Evangelist Billy Graham, is one of Mr. DeMoss' clients. Mark DeMoss wrote a five-page letter to about 150 foremost conservative leaders, urging them to support Mitt Romney.
"Mark DeMoss, a publicist whose clients include the Rev. Franklin Graham, penned a five-page letter, urging evangelical leaders to 'galvanize support around Mitt Romney, so Mr. Giuliani isn’t the unintended beneficiary of our divided support among several candidates.' Or, 'worse yet,' he warned, 'so we don’t abdicate the presidency (and the future of the Supreme Court) over to Hillary Clinton.'"
"In an interview, Mr. DeMoss, who is a Romney supporter but is not paid by the campaign, said he sensed an opening for Mr. Romney at this point in the race, with Fred D. Thompson garnering lackluster reviews on the campaign trail and lesser-known candidates like Mike Huckabee continuing to struggle with fund-raising."
"'A lot of things that a lot of conservatives have either been hoping for, or waiting for, are clearly not panning out,' he said. He said he also wanted to warn his peers that time is running out to rally around someone."
Thanks to Michael Luo for the above story and quotations, which are from his article called "Evangelical Supporter Seeks to Rally Brethren for Romney," published in The Caucus - Political Blogging From The New York Times, on October 10, 2007.
There is a post in the Archives of Evangelicals for Mitt, a site I have often referred to, that includes excerpts from an article written by Mark DeMoss on April 24, 2007.
"Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Mark DeMoss is president of the DeMoss Group (an Atlanta-based public relations firm that works primarily with evangelical organizations) and the author of The Little Red Book of Wisdom. He also has endorsed Gov. Romney for President of the United States."*
Here is a brief excerpt from Mark DeMoss' April 24, 2007 article: "Last fall near Boston, a dozen evangelical leaders joined me for a three-hour conversation in the living room of then-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who, as the world knows, is a Mormon. Over soup and sandwiches, the Republican presidential hopeful took questions about Iraq, Iran, North Korea, immigration, government spending, taxes, the Supreme Court, abortion, stem cell research and the federal marriage amendment. Two of his lunch guests quizzed him about faith — about Jesus and salvation." - From a blog post *http://www.evangelicalsformitt.org/
front_page/demoss_endorses_romney.php
You may read the entire Politico article, "Why evangelicals could support this Mormon"
By: Mark DeMoss
April 24, 2007 05:14 PM EST
by clicking here.
As many of you already know, I have been writing and publishing posts for some time now, explicating to Evangelical Christians the necessity of cultivating an attitude of tolerance toward Mitt Romney and Mormons. Now, thanks to Mark DeMoss, perhaps Christian leaders will finally get the message, and really begin to speak out strongly about supporting Mitt.
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*The original date of this revised post was
October 11, 2007.
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