Tagged with "Jon Huntsman"
Timeline: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2012
Read about (and get top news coverage) on the big events of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its people in the year 2012. Scroll below graphic for coverage. Check out more information on big events of the LDS Church and its people in 2012: January 16, 2012 Jon...
The Mormon way of business
MR says: A look at the large number of successful Mormons, and some thoughts on the reasons for it. Jokes about sacred underpants have reached epidemic proportions, thanks to Mitt Romney’s presidential bid and the musical masterpiece by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, “The Book of Mormon”. But the Church...
CNN Poll: Mormon candidate not a problem for most Americans
MR says: After all that's been said, it's nice to hear poll numbers from this point of view. Americans overwhelmingly say a presidential candidate being Mormon wouldn't affect their vote, according to a CNN/ORC International poll released Wednesday. The survey, which was taken after a controversial...
A Mormon billionaire with distinct ideas of philanthropy and presidential politics
MR says: Jon Huntsman Sr., known for his philanthropy (seemingly 80 percent of his wealth), talks about his efforts against cancer. Jon M. Huntsman Sr. — billionaire industrialist, father of a presidential hopeful, four-time cancer survivor — has no patience for the Scrooges of the world. Even the...
Utahns give twice as much to Romney than Huntsman
MR says: I forgot for a moment that Romney turned the 2002 Winter Olympics around; people in Utah still remember him for that. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is still king of fundraising in Utah, drawing twice as much for his presidential bid as the state’s ex-governor, Jon Huntsman. Utahns forked...
Jon Huntsman's rock star ambitions: GOP candidates once aspired to be musician
MR says: Apparently his former band mates made adjustments so the songs fit better with Huntsman's religion. Whether or not Jon Huntsman will face off against President Obama in the 2012 presidential race remains to be seen, but if all had gone according to plan, the 51-year-old GOP candidate would've...
Opinion: The question of faith for candidates
MR says: An interesting article about a time when the writer regrets witnessing (and taking part in) making a big deal over a candidate's Mormonism. Love what he says about voters being fickle about which religions they obsess over. Most of us think all young Mormon males wear short-sleeved white shirts and...
Jon Huntsman Jr. debate performance praised for, hurt by 'truth-telling'
Jon Huntsman Jr.'s "forceful performance" at Wednesday night's presidential debate elicited an interesting comparison from veteran political analyst Jeff Greenfield: Huntsman deserves the equivalent of the National Hockey League's Lady Byng Trophy. One of the NHL's premier annual awards, the Lady...
Opinion: Can Romney win by embracing his Mormon masculinity?
MR says: The writer previously questioned whether "Mormon masculinity" (based on loyalty, duty, sentimentality) could match up to Perry's cowboy masculinity in the debates. After last night, she asserts Romney (and Huntsman) had the edge. I'll admit it: I was nervous. I thought last night's debate would...
Romney, Huntsman face challenge of winning over evangelicals
Stan Craig, a Vietnam veteran and fundamentalist Baptist preacher here, winces at the idea of a female president. Yet he hesitated when he was asked recently to make a hypothetical choice between Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the race for the...
Jon Huntsman Jr., wife will appear on 'The View'
MR says: In case anyone wants to see a personal interview with Jon Huntsman . . . Jon Huntsman Jr. and his wife, Mary Kaye, will appear Oct. 6 on the popular daytime television show "The View." Reporting for ABC News, Sarah Kunin notes the back-story to this booking: in an Aug. 4 Politico article, an...
The politics of the Saints
MR says: A similar idea as recent articles, but this also explores interesting history of the politics of Church members, and how Mormonism has already influenced America for some time. WITH MITT Romney’s candidacy for president, the Mormon church approaches an epochal moment in its deep engagement with...
Jon Huntsman, Jack Mormons, and the question of faith
We've seen a lot about Jon Huntsman's particular variety of faith (or, as some have posed, lack of it) in the news. What does this mean about where he stands with Mormons, and should it really matter? This morning, while going through recent news articles tagged for their relation to Mormonism, I...
Candidates' Mormonism allows them to take pro-science stand
MR says: An LDS columnist discusses his belief that Romney and Huntsman's "shared faith has made them science believers" (though he acknowledges not all Mormons agree). “To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy." For Jon Huntsman Jr.'s fledgling...
Why the national media writes more about Jon Huntsman Jr. than others
MR says: I didn't realize Jon Huntsman had been the subject of so many high-profile pieces . . . The national print media simply loves covering Jon Huntsman Jr., and the profile of Utah's former governor in the new issue of Vogue magazine is just the latest in a long line of articles illustrating that...
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