Mr. Romney and his endorsement brigade — Senator John McCain of Arizona, Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina, and John R. Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Romney — offered up rousing patriotism (Mr. Romney), a recycled comedy routine (Mr. McCain), a warm South Carolina welcome (Ms. Haley), and some hawkish, fighting words (Mr. Bolton) in an effort to win over the crowd. But it was his answer to a question on his religious views that might have provided the evening’s most memorable exchange.
Mr. Romney, a Mormon, fielded a question from an older woman who stood and said, “Governor Romney, I’m for you. But I need to ask you a personal question. Do you believe in the divine saving grace of Jesus Christ?”
“Yes, I do,” Mr. Romney said quickly, and to some laughter, before launching into a more lengthy explanation about his views on religion.
Also Bolton endorsed Romney earlier this week. In touting the former Massachusetts governor's candidacy, Bolton said voters "want a president who has judgment, who has steadiness of purpose, who has leadership, who won't falter in a crisis, and who doesn't believe that the role of America in the world is to be a well-bred doormat."
Bolton - who flirted with launching his own presidential bid last year -- also contended it was the military, not Obama, that deserved credit for killing Osama bin Laden.
"You know, the irony is, he's campaigning on the basis that he's a success as a foreign policy president," Bolton said. "It's just really amazing and you ask, What is it that made the success? And it's because Navy SEAL Team 6 killed Osama bin Laden. That's his definition of success. As somebody pointed out, in 1969 when Americans landed on the moon, it's like Richard Nixon taking for credit for that, because it happened to occur during his presidency.
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