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Steven Waldman

In a brief interview I had today, the former House Majority Leader said he was deeply unenthusiastic about McCain but now shares the prevailing ecstasy about Sarah Palin. “It’s obvious that’s a woman with a world view. I could see it in the way she looked at her family. I could see in the discussion…

John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin has scrambled the religious dynamics of the presidential race, possibly taking some groups out of play but putting some new ones in play. THE OLD RELIGIOUS-POLITICAL LANDSCAPE Before the Palin pick, the basic religious fault-lines were: -A dispirited evangelical base combined with Democratic candidate Barack Obama’s strong personal faith…

I’d like to take a brief break from politics to talk about an actual issue of concern to many religious voters. Both Republicans and Democrats this year devote extensive portions of their platforms toward helping to alleviate poverty in Africa. The new emphasis in the Republican Platform reflects both George W. Bush’s significant work in…

I had thought it was a virtual certainty that this was going to be a huge success. And it was for the people in this hall, who are deliriously happy, but looking at this dispassionately, the evening failed in a few key ways. First, the speakers leading up to Palin were supposed to show how…

She’s creating an entirely new voting bloc: parents of special needs kids. So far, seems she seems totally engaging and down to earth. Very appealing. Trying to make a virtue of small-town living, I guess in contrast to Michelle Obama: “They love their country, in good times and bad, and they’re always proud of America.”…

‘We the people’ – the citizens of the United States – get to decide our next president…not the left wing media, not Hollywood celebrities, not anyone else but the people of America.” Does this really work? “On the other hand, you have a resume from a gifted man with an Ivy League education. He worked…

Intro by Hawaii governor Linda Lingle: I’m really not sure this helps. “Sarah and her family are avid outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy long distance running as well as hunting. In high school, she led her basketball team — as point guard and captain — to victory in the state championship. Two years later, she was…

Today’s theme is the economy. In case you were wondering how Republicans would connect McCain’s POW experience to a discussion of the economy, Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay, explained that McCain emphathizes with American economic suffering because: “He understands hardship in a way that few of us have ever known.” Other observations from…

“At the time, we believed that we would be attacked many more times that day and in the days that followed. Without really thinking, based on just emotion, spontaneous, I grabbed the arm of then Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, and I said to him, ‘Bernie, thank God George Bush is our president.’ I say it…

Until yesterday, I’d been predicting that John McCain would get a higher percentage of the Jewish vote than any Republican in years. Why? Because there is a small but meaningful number of older Jews who either won’t vote for a black man or have come to believe the emails about Obama being a secret Muslim.…
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