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In a recent email, Family Research Council referred to Jim Wallis and Rich Cizik as “left-leaning ‘evangelicals'” Note the quote marks around the word “evangelical.” They’ve been trying to drum Wallis out of the evangelical ranks for years but questioning whether Cizik is really evangelical seems a bit tougher. He has, after all, the vice…

I’m struck by how many analysts are saying that if McCain loses, it was absolutely inevitable, a result of the financial meltdown. I don’t buy it. The meltdown certainly made it harder, along with the weak economy that pre-dated the stock market drop. But there was a path for McCain — and it involved not…

The Republican Jewish Coalition has sent out this astonishing flier in Pennsylvania. The key line: “History has shown that a naive and weak foreign policy has resulted in tragic outcomes for the Jewish people.” Note that in small type, under the picture of Obama, it says, “Barack Obama speaking in Germany.” Gee. Of all the…

The most important speech Barack Obama gave on faith came before he launched his presidential campaign. On June 26, 2006, he spoke at Jim Wallis’s Call to Renewal conference, laying out a critique not only of the Religious Right but of the secular left. He argued that while Democrats should support separation of church and…
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