Cain: 'I'm not running for theologian-in-chief'

Former Godfather's Pizza executive Herman Cain sidestepped a question about Mitt Romney's Mormonism Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."

“I’m not running for theologian-in-chief,” the Republican presidential contender said, answering a question about the controversial comments of Pastor Robert Jeffress this weekend. “I’m a lifelong Christian, and what that means is one of my guiding principles for the decisions I make is I start with, 'Do the right thing.' I’m not getting into that controversy."

He told host Candy Crowley he knows Romney is a Mormon, but he wouldn't say whether that makes him a Christian.

“I am not gonna do an analysis of Mormonism versus Christianity for the sake of answering that. I’m not getting into that,” Cain said.

Pressed further about why he was "dodging" the question, he insisted it was a distraction.

“If that’s what it looks like," he said, "I’m dodging it because it’s not going to help us boost this economy.”