Romney and Religion: Is America Ready for a Mormon President? April 3, 2012

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/19/A_Conversation_about_the_Presidential_Election

TIME Magazine's Joe Klein and BuzzFeed's Ben Smith weigh in on what Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney actually believes in, and whether America is ready for a Mormon president. Klein predicts that Romney's faith leads him to be "mistrustful of the outside world", and Klein argues that Romney's measured demeanor could affect his chance of winning the election.

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CUNY J-School Professor Peter Beinart, who is also senior political writer for The Daily Beast, will lead a discussion on the 2012 presidential election with Time magazine political columnist Joe Klein and BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith.

The Graduate Center's Perspectives series with Peter Beinart features dynamic thinkers and practitioners examining the pressing political and public policy issues shaping our world today. Previous participants have included Christopher Hitchens, Tina Brown, Andrew Sullivan, and Paul Krugman.