If you've seen one Christian conservative ...
All the presidential candidates will have moments they'd like to do over. Mitt Romney's already had several. Here's a new one: a faux pas last week at a fund-raiser outside Atlanta.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Romney, despite his aggressive courtship of Christian conservative leaders, mistook Ralph Reed, the former Christian Coalition leader, for Gary Bauer, the influential activist and former presidential contender.
Romney was making introductions when he motioned to Reed and said, "Why it’s good to see Gary Bauer here." Romney caught himself, the paper reports, but still couldn't summon Reed's name and went on to the next introduction. Romney reportedly apologized to Reed afterward.
A major gaffe? Probably not. But needless to say this kind of thing isn't going to help Romney attract conservative leaders to his campaign.
(Hat tip to Jonathan Martin at the Politico.)
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