Santorum Adviser: ‘Why Is Mormonism Off Limits?’

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Rick Santorum’s campaign seems unhappy with being on the receiving end of questions about the relevance of a candidate’s religion. The latest flare-up came Tuesday, when the Romney-leaning Drudge Report spent much of the day making a big deal out of a speech Rick Santorum delivered in 2008 touching on the reality of Satan. 

Byron York of the Washington Examiner says this has prompted complaints from an anonymous Santorum adviser about whether a double standard is being applied when it comes to the religion of Mitt Romney. From York’s article:

[S]pecifically religious questioning of Romney is as rare as specific Romney statements about Mormon beliefs.  Given the current grilling of Santorum, that is a source of growing frustration to Santorum’s advisers.  “Why is Mormonism off limits?” asks one.  “I’m not saying it’s a seminal issue in the campaign, but we’re having to spend days answering questions about Rick’s faith, which he has been open about.  Romney will turn on a dime when you talk about religion.  We’re getting asked about specific tenets of Rick’s faith, and when Romney says, ‘I want to focus on the economy,’ they say, OK, we’ll focus on the economy.”

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