In the simplest of terms: Romney is the person he is because of his mormonism not in spite of it.
Romney is a liberal because of his mormonism, in that sense that is how the presidency will be affected.
Because of who he is in the lds corporation their influence will be great on him.
The best thing is to learn about mormonism and then you will get a better picture of Romney.
Thanks that’s a good start for me. I’ll keep asking for more specifics in the next few weeks and months. I would like to know, even if speculative, what kinds of effects (proposed laws, regulations, exec orders, etc) his election will have. His liberalism is pretty well defined by what he has done in the past in Mass. But what else.....