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David zeroes in:

Romney’s job yesterday was to unite social conservatives behind him. If he succeeded, he did it in two ways. He asked people to rally around the best traditions of America’s civic religion. He also asked people to submerge their religious convictions for the sake of solidarity in a culture war without end.

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Posted on Dec 7 2007 @ 10:07amAuthor Andrew SullivanCategories Mitt Romney

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