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Here's another one of those treacly, faux-casual Romney family clips.

In this episode Mitt shovels snow off the deck at the Romney ski manse as his wife and kids tell us how hardworking and energetic he is -- “Even when we’re trying to relax, he’s able to relax but then he has to have a project.”

The whitest family in America then goes out and plays in the snow: Mitt gives a hesitant grandkid’s sled a hearty push -- “NOOO!!!” Mitt goes flying down the hill head first. One of Mitt’s kids tackles him and knocks him head over heels. Mitt has new gloves but he loves to wear his old duct-taped pair.

Here's Mitt Romney's much anticipated speech on religion, given at the Bush library behind the Presidential seal. He's casting it as question of religious liberty (read: let me have mine) and distance from religion in the White House (read: the Mormons won't tell me what to do) while also attacking "secularism" (read: I still want the votes of religious conservatives).

Sound bites: "Freedom requires religion. Just as religion requires freedom. . . . Freedom and religion endure together or perish alone."

"I do not define my candidacy by my religion. A person should not be elected by his faith just as he should not be rejected by his faith."

"Let me assure you that no authorities of my church, or any other church, for that matter, will ever exert influence on presidential decisions. . . . I will put no doctrine of any church above the duties of the office."

"When I place my hand on the Bible and take the oath of office, that oath becomes my highest obligation to God."

Five minutes in before he mentions what his religion is. "I believe in my Mormon faith and I endeavor to live by it."

"Some believe that such a confession of my faith will sink my candidacy. If they're right, so be it."

"Americans are tied of people who would jettison their beliefs to gain the world."

He testifies to his belief in Jesus as "the saviour of mankind."

"No candidate should become the spokesman for his faith, for as president he will need the prayers of people of all faiths."

How he attacks those who he says have taken separation of church and state too far. "It seems as if they are bent on establishing a new religion in America: the religion of secularism. They're wrong."

"God bless this great land, the United States of America."

In this 30-second spot featuring clips of Mitt Romney playing with an army of kids, Ann Romney says Mitt is a good family man. (Take that Rudy.)

Sound Bite: “Mitt says there’s no work more important than what goes on within the four walls of the American home.”

Mitt Romney says tax cuts “will grow our economy” and he’s promising a whole lot of ‘em: he will “kill the death tax once and for all"; he’ll “roll back tax rates across the board"; and for middle class Americans (not defined here), taxes on interest, dividends and capital gains will be “absolutely zero."

The Romney campaign posts this video from 2002 of John McCain endorsing Mitt’s bid for Massachusetts governor. Silly, but at least it's better than another clip about the line item veto.

Mitt Romney comes out with guns blazing as he warns of the dangers of Islamic jihad, a danger he vows to protect us against.

Sound bite: It's this century's nightmare: jihadism, radical, violent Islamic fundamentalism. Their goal is to unite the world under a single jihadist religious caliphate.



Coverage is so concentrated on the primary hair-splitting among each party's candidates that we're seeing little mention of the battle lines that will come once the nominations are set -- and those battles will be lasting a long time. This has already shaped up to be the clearest divide: the are-we-at-war? question.

At a dinner paying tribute to Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney argues that American products suffer a disadvantage in world trade because our taxes are treated differently from Europe's VAT taxes. He vows to fix that and get us on a level playing field.

Well, you could read Mitt Romney lips, if this weren't a radio commercial in which he brags about being the only candidate to sign the tax pledge. He vows to be the Rambo of taxes, killing them right and left.

Doughy white guy in bad tie who can't even wear a hat well raps for Romney. Click if you dare . . .

Mitt Romney’s ads continue to target the party’s conservative base. Here the candidate goes through a litany of the bad things that happen when “Republicans act like Democrats,.”

Sound Bite: “We can’t have ethical standards that are a punchline for Jay Leno.”

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