Friday, Dec 13, 2013  Mormon Church Happy Election Cycle Over,
Touts 'Mainstream Acceptance'    • (Photo: © 2012 Intellectual
Reserve, Inc.) November 6, 2012|11:56 am   "For people like us
it's been incredibly intense because of all the media interest,"
said Michael Otterson, the head of worldwide public affairs for
the Mormon Church in an interview a day before Election Day. He
added that they are "relatively pleased" that the church went
through the campaign without "being dragged into the middle of
politics."  In an in-depth interview with The Washington Post,
Otterson said that Mormons are used to living their lives
without much national attention. Romney's campaign generally
avoided bringing up the candidate's Mormon faith, and although
he talked about his values and personal convictions, the former
Massachusetts governor rarely connected it directly to the LDS
Church, where he served as a missionary.  "Gradually as we got
into the second campaign we saw the same kind of narrative
develop and it was ofte