united states but the fact of the matter is we've never had a muslim president. we never had a jewish president. we've never had a moore man president. it's easy to say religion doesn't disqualify but getting elected is another thing. it's incumbent upon everybody in public life whether republican or democrat to make it clear every faith has something significant of value to contribute to our civic dialogue and that nobody should be prohibited from participating fully in our society. >> you were a senior advisor to mitt romney and studied e lek results closely. the fact he was mormon did that hurt or take votes away in your analysis? >> it was more of an issue in 2008 when he ran for national