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Mitt Romney's family history could count big time against him this fall, according to Montana's Democratic governor. The candidate could be hurt politically "because his father was born on a polygamy commune in Mexico," Brian Schweitzer tells the Daily Beast. Women are "not great fans of polygamy, 86% were not great fans of polygamy," Schweitzer says, adding: "I am not alleging by any stretch that Romney is a polygamist."
Romney's father, George, who ran for president in 1968, was born in a Mormon colony in northern Mexico where his parents had fled to avoid American laws against polygamy. Some evangelicals made Romney's faith an issue during the GOP primaries, but the Obama campaign considers it off-limits. "Attacking a candidate's religion is out of bounds, and our campaign will not engage in it, and we don’t think others should either," said an Obama campaign spokeswoman.
