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and Mormon temple in Belmont, 201, 270

as natural campaigner, 188–89, 191–92

personal image of, 168, 181

and religion, 186–88, 191, 195, 201

and Senate race (1994), 167–71, 173–83, 185–95, 224, 226, 229, 234–35, 270, 293

and social issues, 168, 181, 185, 186, 256

Kennedy, Joan, 168

Kennedy, John F., 23, 25, 187, 286, 302

Kennedy, Joseph P. II, 186

Kennedy, Michael, 176

Kennedy, Patrick, 168

Kennedy, Robert F., 78

Kennedy, Victoria Reggie, 168, 177, 191

Keough, Bruce, 289–90, 309–10, 313

Kerik, Bernard, 311

Kerry, John F., 250, 251

Kesey, Ken, 56

Key Airlines, 138

Kiley, Tom, 177

Kimball, Ranch C., 242

Kimball, Tony, 114, 119, 123, 244–45

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 77, 312

Knighton, Keith, 128

Kriss, Eric A., 238

KTVX Salt Lake City, 209

LaFontaine, David, 258

Lakian, John, 171, 174–75, 176, 186, 192

Land, Richard, 285–86, 302, 325

Layton, Alan, 214

Leavitt, Michael, 204, 205–6, 210, 211, 214, 277

Leedy, Richard, 62

Lees, Brian P., 249

Leno, Jay, 307, 315

leveraged buyouts (LBOs), 141–50, 199

and “creative destruction,” 144–45, 162–64

and junk bonds, 144, 147, 148

negotiated, vs. hostile takeovers, 145

Life,
18, 71

Lifelike, 155–56

Limbaugh, Rush, 298

Lincoln, Abraham, 37

Lischko, Amy, 266

Log Cabin Republicans, 181–83, 230–31, 258

Luberoff, David, 244

Macdonald, Alan G., 272

Malone, Joseph D., 170, 180

Manning, Charles, 171, 176, 179, 181, 222

Mardian, Robert, Jr., 55

Marie, Father Albert, 82

Marquess, Mark, 53, 54

Marriott, J. W. “Bill,” Jr., 330–31

Marriott, J. Willard, 15

Marriott International, 213, 330

Marshall, Margaret H., 257

Marsh, Robert, 171, 180

Martin, Ralph C. II, 248

Massachusetts:

accountability in, 246

Big Dig in Boston, 232, 243–45

budget issues in, 232, 237–40, 263

Commonwealth PAC, 251, 252

Democratic Party in, 227-28, 232, 249, 250

drunken driving bill in, 280

eligibility to run in, 227–28

government restructuring in, 240, 242, 248

Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, 257–58

gubernatorial campaign (2002), 224–32, 293

health care law in, 260, 262, 267, 268, 269–71, 274, 277–78, 279, 325, 327

jobs in, 241–42

judicial selection process, 248

legal code in, 151–52

Metropolitan District Commission, 248–49

Mitt Romney as governor of, 5, 26, 49, 236–52, 256–60, 261–62, 263, 279–80, 293

and Mitt Romney’s national exposure, 253, 256, 259–60

Mormon church in, 113–18, 119–29, 200–201

political scene in, 168–71, 181, 193, 225, 227, 232, 236–37, 240–41, 247–50

Republican Party in, 170, 171–72, 175, 181, 184, 185, 192, 194, 225, 229, 232, 250–51, 258

St. Patrick’s Day breakfast, 258–59

same-sex marriage in, 230–31, 256–57

Senate race (1994), 167–95

unemployment insurance fund, 238

Massachusetts Citizens for Life, 185

Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, 243

Matheson, Min, 95

Mayo, Barry, 61, 62

Mazo, Mark E., 96

McBride, Dane, 63, 68, 77, 78, 87–88, 331

McCaffrey, Tom, 19

McCain, John, 212, 228, 233

and presidential campaign (2008), 5, 205, 283–84, 288, 292, 295–98, 306–7, 311–13, 317, 318–19, 322–25

and running mate choice, 322–25

McCarter, George A., 43

McDonald, Graham, 21, 22

McInturff, Bill, 324

McKay, David O., 64, 101

McKinnon, Joel H., 81, 84

McNamara, Eileen, 184

Medicaid:

and abortion, 183, 229

and health care, 265, 268, 269, 270–71

Medicare fraud, 154

MediVision, 138

Melanie’s Law, 280

Melton, Douglas A., 253–54

Menino, Thomas M., 193

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 13

Mexico:

compensation to Romney family from, 49

Mormon colony in, 44–46, 47

Mormon evacuation from, 48

revolution in, 47, 50

Romney family in exile in, 44–48, 49

Michigan:

George Romney as governor of, 4, 20, 23–27, 49, 57, 72, 77, 93, 165, 235

political issues in, 22–27

Mickelson, Jan, 299–300

Milken, Michael, 146–48

Miller, Donald K., 66

Milles, Carl, 20

Milliken, William, 184

Milliman, Dick, 25

Monaghan, Tom, 157

Monahan, William P., 246

Morgan, Piers, 329

Mormonism:

abortion disapproval in, 115, 126–27, 183, 185

alcohol prohibited in, 64, 96

“Articles of Faith,” 30

Belmont temple, 200–201, 270

and blacks, 26, 27, 72–73, 114, 186–87

Book of Mormon, 33, 65, 68, 200

Boston stake, 114, 115, 119–29

broader societal acceptance sought by, 47, 114–16

“Conversion Diary,” 68

conversion process in, 71

doctrine of, 17, 115, 121

and draft deferments, 61–62, 252

Endowment House of, 37

excommunication threats in, 125, 126

expansion of, 128–29

family home evening in, 96, 101–3, 112

and George Romney, 15, 17, 26, 64, 71–72

High Council of, 123

homosexuality disapproval in, 115, 184

lay leaders in, 113–14, 128

and the Lord’s “curse upon the Negro,” 26, 114

Manifesto of, 46

missionaries for, 61–62, 63–69, 71, 78, 83–86, 87, 104, 128–29

mission president’s roles, 83–84

and Mitt Romney, 17, 31, 36, 50–51, 86, 96, 111–12, 114–29, 185, 186–88, 210, 235, 252–53, 281

moral compact of, 104, 115

Mutual Values and Priorities (MVP), 252–53

in Nauvoo, Illinois, 32–34, 47

and Olympic Games, 207, 209–10

and political campaigns, 252–53

and polygamy, 30, 33–34, 35–40, 46, 47, 48, 64

premarital sex prohibited in, 68, 87, 115

and presidential campaign (2008), 31, 284–86, 299, 300, 302–4, 308, 314

public hostility toward, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 42–44, 64, 116, 117, 200

and Romney family, 4, 11, 16–17, 30, 31–51, 64

sacred rituals in, 89, 200

social community of, 110, 115

stakes of, 113, 122–23

tithing in, 115, 120

U.S. Army vs., 35

U.S. relief fund for, 48

wards of, 113

westward movement of, 35, 41, 47

wholesome ideal of, 104

Why I Believe,
210

women’s roles in, 114–15, 116, 122–28, 186

Moroni (angel), 33, 50, 200–201

Morrill Anti-bigamy Act (1862), 37

Most Beautiful People in the World, 226

Mothercare Stores, 149

Murphy, Michael, 227, 233, 234, 251, 287–88, 326

Murphy, Timothy R., 267, 268, 273

Myers, Beth, and presidential campaign (2008), 284, 287, 288–89, 290, 295, 297, 308, 310, 312, 315–16

Nailing, Birdie, 26

Napoleon III, 64

NARAL, 229

National Rifle Association, 185

Nauvoo, Illinois, Mormonism in, 32–34, 47

NBC Sports and Olympics, 212, 213

Neff, William L., 93