Romney en Newsweek

La revista Newsweek ha dedicado su portada de esta semana al Gobernador Mitt Romney. En color y sonriente, una postura que en esa publicación parecía sólo reservada para demócratas. En el interior lleva un amplio reportaje de diez páginas sobre el candidato. Mitt's Mission

(...) For Mitt Romney, it all started in a two-story, wood-framed house on a busy street in Pontiac, Mich. Painted beige, encircled by an asphalt lot that would hardly hold a dozen cars, the building manages to look both decrepit and picturesque, like a million other urban churches across the country. Today it houses the Unity Church of Practical Christianity, but until Romney was 10, it was the Mormon church he attended with his family—at least twice a day on Sunday, and one night a week for youth group.

Another presidential candidate, upon learning of a reporter's visit there, might jump on the opportunity to reminisce about the faith of his childhood, to trot out fond stories about his pastor and the inspirational lessons learned at his knee. But not Romney. Seated in a plane between campaign stops near the olive groves of northern California, Romney hears of such a visit and the wattage seeps out of his smile. (...)

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