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Steven Waldman

Bob Schieffer: All right. Let’s stop there and go to another question. And this one goes to Sen. McCain. Sen. McCain, you believe Roe v. Wade should be overturned. Sen. Obama, you believe it shouldn’t. Could either of you ever nominate someone to the Supreme Court who disagrees with you on this issue? Sen. McCain?…

This was Obama’s worst performance overall but I thought one of his strongest moments was when the discussion, at long last, came to a “values” issue — abortion.The key point to remember is that in a debate like this, at this late date in a campaign, the political goal is to position oneself as sensible…

The relentless focus on the economy during the debates has been appropriate. But with this being the last debate I do hope they’ll spend at least a few moments on non-economic questions. Here are a few values-oriented questions I’d ask: Sen. McCain you’ve said you oppose Roe v. Wade because you’re pro-life and you think…

Jesse Jackson subconscious thought-bubble: “There’s about to a black man elected president and it’s not me. That is a profound and historic injustice. I tried the old ‘accidentally’ talk into an open mike thing, but maybe suggesting Obama’s castration seemed too negative. I need to destroy him in more subtle way. I know. I’ll praise…

I know that analyzing a joke makes it lose its humor but that prayer from the McCain Iowa rally is so amazing on so many levels it keeps coming back at me. To recap, Rev. Arnold Conrad, said: “I would also pray, Lord, that your reputation is involved in all that happens between now and…

Obama may be getting criticized by some Bishops, but he’s got the vote of a 106 year old nun, whose last vote was for Eisenhower.

Today’s New York Times package on race and the election included some horrifying anti-black quotes such as, “He’s going to tear up the rose bushes and plant a watermelon patch.” But more fascinating is that miscegenation – the fear of interracial marriage – was mentioned even more. And at least two of the interviewees offered…

With all the attention showered on evangelical Christians and Catholics, we’ve neglected the religious group partly driving Barack Obama‘s recent surge in the polls: mainline Protestants. This bucket includes the historic American churches that once dominated the spiritual landscape but have been losing members in recent years: United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church in the USA,…

Because of tech glitches I couldn’t publish this on Columbus Day but thought, in the spirit of the holiday, you might enjoy this passage from Founding Faith. It’s a reminder that throughout history, there’s always been a noticeable chunk of people with solid evidence that the End of Days was imminent: “Christopher Columbus believed the…

Over the weekend we saw John McCain correcting a woman who said she didn’t trust Obama because he’s Arab. Some may have wondered where that came from. We’d heard all about horrendous emails claiming Obama is a secret Muslim (not true) but how did that morph into him being an Arab? To some degree the…
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