For all the words spoken about Mitt Romney's Mormon faith over the past few days, the Republican presidential candidate offered only six indirect lines of his own, telling an audience of mostly Christian activists that "poisonous language" doesn't advance the conservative cause.

Mr. Romney employed the scalpel approach to safeguard the public image he has sought to build, centering almost entirely on his credentials to turn the economy around.

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