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June 15, 2012

Journal-Constitution: Faith voters begin to rally behind Romney

by Daniel Malloy
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

WASHINGTON --- The Mitt Romney display table was doing a brisk business in bumper stickers Friday at a Faith and Freedom Coalition conference. In terms of presidential candidates, it was the only available option.

Many, if not most, of the 1,500 attendees at the three-day conference for religious conservative activists originally preferred a candidate other than Romney to be the Republican standard-bearer in the fall against President Barack Obama. But in the wake of a long primary season, they are mobilizing to elect Romney --- primarily because of their antipathy to Obama.

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