The Wash Times gets the second part of the Huckabee story right--it isn't just about the electability catch 22. The religious right establishment has long been in bed with the government-spending-is-by-definition-bad crowd--yes, of course this is ludicrous by any biblical or theological standard--and Huckabee's considerable populist streak makes him a tough sell.
This combination--setting aside his crazy national sales tax idea and his unwillingness to unequivocably condemn torture, among other things--also makes him a pretty compelling candidate for they younger, more moderate evangelical voters we keep hearing so much about. This is going to be real interesting...
Oct 30, 2007
Oct 29, 2007
I'm moving this week
Getting up early Wednesday to drive back midwest in a rental.
So, things will be pretty quiet here, at least until Thursday or so.
So, things will be pretty quiet here, at least until Thursday or so.
Oct 26, 2007
Gorski on Focus
In general, Focus on the Family's notorious caution with the media + the MSM's generally reductive understanding of the religious right = precious little in the way of insightful pieces about James Dobson and his empire.
But an exception to the rule today--an AP story by Eric Gorski offers some real insight into the different things that Focus has been and will be in the future.
But an exception to the rule today--an AP story by Eric Gorski offers some real insight into the different things that Focus has been and will be in the future.
Two of my favorite things
1. McSweeney's lists
2. Good jokes about how ridiculous it is to suggest that equal civil marriage rights for gays and lesbians will somehow threaten hetero marriages
Thus, I especially enjoyed this.
2. Good jokes about how ridiculous it is to suggest that equal civil marriage rights for gays and lesbians will somehow threaten hetero marriages
Thus, I especially enjoyed this.
Oct 25, 2007
You're using my work to support WHAT?
Interesting NYT piece--a scientist just retracted his 1955 paper after Googling himself and finding Creationist Web sites with some equivocations in the direction of the "theistic evolution" they used to mock intelligent design Web sites that misused it as support for their positions.
That's what I like about scientists--unlike us arts and humanities types, they're not willing to be well-known for just anything.
That's what I like about scientists--unlike us arts and humanities types, they're not willing to be well-known for just anything.
The newly ubiquitous Mike Huckabee
AP story and Gail Collins column chime in on the he's-going-to-be-a-contender/why-the-hell-isn't-he-a-contender story.
A side note on the Glover piece: someone at the AP copy desk must know that you don't strum a bass guitar--you pluck it. Or maybe Huckabee DOES strum--it is possible to do so, just not especially useful--and it's an example of his nonconformity or whatever...
A side note on the Glover piece: someone at the AP copy desk must know that you don't strum a bass guitar--you pluck it. Or maybe Huckabee DOES strum--it is possible to do so, just not especially useful--and it's an example of his nonconformity or whatever...
Oct 24, 2007
Dumbledore or whatever
Disclaimer: I have never read any of the Harry Potter books, not because I think they're stupid, but because I'm not a fan of the genre. I have nothing against them, other than the fact that they're evidence of the incredibly lopsided book industry, in which 10 writers own castles and everyone else is grateful for the chance to hustle for gas money at near-empty chain-bookstore readings. But this sad situation is not Harry's fault per se.
Now: John Cloud has an entertaining and insightful piece about the Dumbledore-is-gay story. He raises good points from the perspective of the gay and lesbian community.
But my problem with this is philosophical--does she really think she can just say something's true about a character in a series of books that are already published? Twentieth-cenutry literary theory is famously obtuse, but the main takeaway, as any college English major knows, is that Rowling's perspective on the sexuality of a character--un-addressed in the book itself--is no more valid than yours or mine. (Okay, maybe more than mine, you no doubt have at least read the books.) Interpretive authority belongs to readers, communities, the text itself--not just or even especially the author.
Of course, as any Tolkien aficionado knows, immersing yourself in an invented world can make an author a bit murky as to the lines between fantasy and reality. No doubt Rowling considers the question in the context of actual speculation about a person she knows very well. This is one of the reasons I don't like fantasy literature--I'd always rather read an author who is just as committed to and immersed in her characters, but whose characters seem more immediately (NOT metaphorically) relevant to the real world than, say, a hobbit or a wizard or a benevolent and sacrificial lion.
But again, I can't judge HP, because I've never read it...
Now: John Cloud has an entertaining and insightful piece about the Dumbledore-is-gay story. He raises good points from the perspective of the gay and lesbian community.
But my problem with this is philosophical--does she really think she can just say something's true about a character in a series of books that are already published? Twentieth-cenutry literary theory is famously obtuse, but the main takeaway, as any college English major knows, is that Rowling's perspective on the sexuality of a character--un-addressed in the book itself--is no more valid than yours or mine. (Okay, maybe more than mine, you no doubt have at least read the books.) Interpretive authority belongs to readers, communities, the text itself--not just or even especially the author.
Of course, as any Tolkien aficionado knows, immersing yourself in an invented world can make an author a bit murky as to the lines between fantasy and reality. No doubt Rowling considers the question in the context of actual speculation about a person she knows very well. This is one of the reasons I don't like fantasy literature--I'd always rather read an author who is just as committed to and immersed in her characters, but whose characters seem more immediately (NOT metaphorically) relevant to the real world than, say, a hobbit or a wizard or a benevolent and sacrificial lion.
But again, I can't judge HP, because I've never read it...
Oct 23, 2007
In which I write two consecutive EJ-admiring posts
Every now and then, we hear about something called the "Catholic vote." Today, it's from Seth Gitell. He makes the standard argument that Catholics are the ultimate swing vote, noting that a bare majority of them went for Gore in 2000, that Bush beat Kerry among Catholics 52 to 47 percent, and that 55 percent of Catholics voted for the Democrats in last year's midterms.
In other words, Catholics as a group voted much like the rest of the country. Catholics are assimilated into mainstream culture to the point that the idea of a Catholic vote doesn't mean much anymore. This is not to say that actual Catholic teaching has no radical, countercultural edge--this certainly is not true. But the culture war splits the Church just like it splits everyone else, and individual Catholics prioritize particular Church teachings differently. When all is said and done, in a general election, the Catholic vote is about as substantive a concept as "the tall vote" or "the squeaky-voiced vote."
See this great EJ article from last summer.
In other words, Catholics as a group voted much like the rest of the country. Catholics are assimilated into mainstream culture to the point that the idea of a Catholic vote doesn't mean much anymore. This is not to say that actual Catholic teaching has no radical, countercultural edge--this certainly is not true. But the culture war splits the Church just like it splits everyone else, and individual Catholics prioritize particular Church teachings differently. When all is said and done, in a general election, the Catholic vote is about as substantive a concept as "the tall vote" or "the squeaky-voiced vote."
See this great EJ article from last summer.
EJ on Romney
Good column from EJ Dionne today on the whole Romney's-a-Mormon-oh-what-will-this-mean question.
Dionne points out that the chorus of people urging Romney to give a "Kennedy speech" about his faith are exactly wrong, because the voters he's trying to woo--with a certain amount of success, if the FRC straw poll is to be trusted--do NOT want to hear about how his religion won't shape his policy. But they also want to be assured that his religion doesn't make him all weird. It's a dilemma.
Of course, it's worth remembering that Kennedy's speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association took place after the convention. Should Romney get the nomination, he may well need to do likewise--but not now.
Dionne points out that the chorus of people urging Romney to give a "Kennedy speech" about his faith are exactly wrong, because the voters he's trying to woo--with a certain amount of success, if the FRC straw poll is to be trusted--do NOT want to hear about how his religion won't shape his policy. But they also want to be assured that his religion doesn't make him all weird. It's a dilemma.
Of course, it's worth remembering that Kennedy's speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association took place after the convention. Should Romney get the nomination, he may well need to do likewise--but not now.
Oct 22, 2007
Go to the land our God promised you, and get to work on that temple, so that it can be destroyed, and you can be destroyed, and I can go to heaven
Blame the social gospel first
Alan Wolfe has an interesting, if somewhat predictable, essay in the NYT Book Review on the new 100th-anniversary edition of Walter Rauschenbusch's Christianity and the Social Crisis.
The FRC values voters thing
So the much-discussed Washington Briefing straw poll went to Mitt Romney, who inched out Mike Huckabee. But it turns out Huckabee won by a landslide among in-person voters, with Romney doing better with online voters. Via Faith in Public Life, People For the American Way has an informative post about the numbers controversy.
At any rate, I've seen a couple of stories talk about Huckabee as a member of the "top tier." Even this PFAW post suggests as much. That's clearly the main take-away.
At any rate, I've seen a couple of stories talk about Huckabee as a member of the "top tier." Even this PFAW post suggests as much. That's clearly the main take-away.
Oct 19, 2007
Corrupt governance or greedy development--in Chicago, you don't have to choose!
Andrew has a good observation about Chicago alderman-turned-realtor Ted Matlak:
It’s...like being a forest ranger and allowing your friends to cut down all the trees in the forest and plant lemon trees instead, then after you get fired from being a ranger taking the lemons off the new trees and making lemonade.
"If people are dumb enough to pay that much then hallelujah"
That's Rep. Collin Peterson (DFL-MN), chair of the House agricultural committee, on the absurdity of the local and organic food movements. The context is the congressman arguing that organic produce and livestock farmers don't NEED federal assistance--they're obviously doing just fine--so why not give it all to the commodity farmers?
The Democrats--we're supposed to be excited that they're in charge now, remember?--have made it clear they lack the ability/will to bring meaningful reform to our food system, and the consequences for public health, local economies, and the environment will be severe. Five more years till the next farm bill...
The Democrats--we're supposed to be excited that they're in charge now, remember?--have made it clear they lack the ability/will to bring meaningful reform to our food system, and the consequences for public health, local economies, and the environment will be severe. Five more years till the next farm bill...
Oct 18, 2007
Oct 17, 2007
"'We don't because they do' theology"
Jason Byassee have a lively write-up of a recent ACT3 event.
This seems to me like the best kind of ecumenical dialogue--a low-key and friendly environment in which to talk frankly about differences (as opposed to a formal, institutional environment in which to release bland press releases about similarities).
This seems to me like the best kind of ecumenical dialogue--a low-key and friendly environment in which to talk frankly about differences (as opposed to a formal, institutional environment in which to release bland press releases about similarities).
Steven Malanga on "the religious left"
Predictably, Malanga's WSJ commentary is quite critical and only passingly accurate or insightful. Less predictable--or at least, harder to take seriously--is his commitment to the odd idea that liberal religious activism is overwhelmingly about wealth redistribution in general and support for organized labor in particular. The result is one of those WSJ pieces that's full of names and facts but little overarching truthfulness--a red scare posing as a history lesson.
Still, I like one small thing about this--he correctly identifies the Protestant mainline as a driving force behind most left-leaning Christian political activity. Current "progressive" Christian movements are not driven primarily by evangelical ideological realignment, no matter how much those of us who come from that world and yearn to see the religious right's hegemonic grip released may wish that this were true (and no matter how many MSM stories report this as realized fact rather than as the germ of possibility).
So thanks, Malanga, for giving the NCC and the seven sisters (along with the Catholic bishops) the credit they deserve. If only you'd said more (actually, anything at all) about the historic black church, Latino pentecostals, or the peace church tradition...of course, these are pretty far down my list of complaints about the piece.
Still, I like one small thing about this--he correctly identifies the Protestant mainline as a driving force behind most left-leaning Christian political activity. Current "progressive" Christian movements are not driven primarily by evangelical ideological realignment, no matter how much those of us who come from that world and yearn to see the religious right's hegemonic grip released may wish that this were true (and no matter how many MSM stories report this as realized fact rather than as the germ of possibility).
So thanks, Malanga, for giving the NCC and the seven sisters (along with the Catholic bishops) the credit they deserve. If only you'd said more (actually, anything at all) about the historic black church, Latino pentecostals, or the peace church tradition...of course, these are pretty far down my list of complaints about the piece.
Obama's rural plan
It looks pretty good. Some nice realism about corn ethanol, and I particularly like the relatively strong language about tightening regulation and pollution loopholes for corporate hog farms.
Speaking of which, take a look at this letter. It's pretty heartbreaking.
Speaking of which, take a look at this letter. It's pretty heartbreaking.
Oct 15, 2007
"Bumper magnets. Because stickers are tough to get off, and we may change our mind about never forgetting."
Bill Maher is on today. Hyperbolic and prickly as usual, but right on.
"An apostate religion"
James Carroll on the idea of a "Christian nation." He overreaches a bit, but his overall point is right on:
What's bad for the state can be worse for the church. Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and all religious minorities are assaulted by even implicit claims of a "Christian nation," but so are Christians. A government that blesses itself in the name of Jesus Christ, while waging war and advancing empire, must first demolish the meaning of who that man was - three centuries before Constantine.
Obama on faith and the environment
This is not Obama the bold groundbreaker but rather Obama the joiner, making for particularly predictable rhetoric. Still, when you're right you're right.
The Catch 22 of electability
This Politico piece sums up Mike Huckabee's campaign woes effectively.
After all the trash they've talked, if the religious right leaders end up falling in line behind one of the GOP frontrunners--as opposed to supporting Huckabee or Brownback or actually following through on their threats to bolt the party--then they will fully deserve the party disregard that will no doubt follow.
After all the trash they've talked, if the religious right leaders end up falling in line behind one of the GOP frontrunners--as opposed to supporting Huckabee or Brownback or actually following through on their threats to bolt the party--then they will fully deserve the party disregard that will no doubt follow.
Things I missed while I was away
In case you missed them, too:
The culture-war-victory-so-watered-down-it-seems-pretty-silly award goes to the Illinois legislature.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is now offering homemaking classes. "'My created purpose as a woman is to be a helper,' [student Emily] Felts said firmly. 'This is a college education that I can use.'" Kyrie eleison.
Unlike some folks, I'm fairly enthusiastic about much of what Christianity Today has to offer. But their short-form Web-only content has this annoying tendency to take a mocking tone as it describes (with varying fairness) the views of more liberal people of faith. Case in point: this little gem on Out in Scripture. "The approach has a certain appeal to those who respect Scripture but don't understand it." While I have mixed feelings about Human Rights Campaign, evangelicals need to acknowledge that this sort of smugness does precious little to help a situation in which large numbers of Christians are deeply suspicious of and hostile toward each other.
New study: outlawing abortion doesn't make it any less common. This should draw anti-abortion folks into consensus-driven movements to reduce the need for abortion w/o criminalization, right? Wrong.
Very interesting debate over at Cato Unbound called Politics and Religion, Home and Abroad. Features Mark Lilla, Philip Jenkins, and others.
This is unprecedented: a letter about peace from a whole bunch of Muslim leaders to a whole bunch of Christian leaders.
At Grist: a conversation between two of the most eloquent sustainable food writers I know of.
The culture-war-victory-so-watered-down-it-seems-pretty-silly award goes to the Illinois legislature.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is now offering homemaking classes. "'My created purpose as a woman is to be a helper,' [student Emily] Felts said firmly. 'This is a college education that I can use.'" Kyrie eleison.
Unlike some folks, I'm fairly enthusiastic about much of what Christianity Today has to offer. But their short-form Web-only content has this annoying tendency to take a mocking tone as it describes (with varying fairness) the views of more liberal people of faith. Case in point: this little gem on Out in Scripture. "The approach has a certain appeal to those who respect Scripture but don't understand it." While I have mixed feelings about Human Rights Campaign, evangelicals need to acknowledge that this sort of smugness does precious little to help a situation in which large numbers of Christians are deeply suspicious of and hostile toward each other.
New study: outlawing abortion doesn't make it any less common. This should draw anti-abortion folks into consensus-driven movements to reduce the need for abortion w/o criminalization, right? Wrong.
Very interesting debate over at Cato Unbound called Politics and Religion, Home and Abroad. Features Mark Lilla, Philip Jenkins, and others.
This is unprecedented: a letter about peace from a whole bunch of Muslim leaders to a whole bunch of Christian leaders.
At Grist: a conversation between two of the most eloquent sustainable food writers I know of.
Oct 11, 2007
Third Way report and a long weekend
Some friends and I are off to the Blue Ridge Mountains for a three-day weekend. I'm never goin' to see you any more, more, more...until Sunday or Monday, when I return to the internets.
I'm taking the new Third Way report with me. Expect I'll write about it a bit when I return.
I'm taking the new Third Way report with me. Expect I'll write about it a bit when I return.
Oct 10, 2007
Freedom isn't even CHEAP
Good story from The Onion about the rising price of freedom.
Though I'm pretty sure my friends Jim and John and I scooped them on this (anonymously) back when we were interns at Sojourners.
Though I'm pretty sure my friends Jim and John and I scooped them on this (anonymously) back when we were interns at Sojourners.
Oct 9, 2007
Black clergy meeting on HIV/AIDS
This is exciting, especially to those of use who live in DC, where the infection rates are startlingly high.
Safer than walking
Alan Durning has a great overview of the facts on the relative safety of cycling.
For me, it's slightly less safe than it used to be, as someone ripped off my headlight and my rearview mirror, and I haven't replaced them. But I still have the bike--my fourth (each of the first three was stolen).
For me, it's slightly less safe than it used to be, as someone ripped off my headlight and my rearview mirror, and I haven't replaced them. But I still have the bike--my fourth (each of the first three was stolen).
This might be the worst thing I've ever heard
ICE wants to sedate an Albanian man before deporting him--to keep him from freaking out about the fact that he's likely to be assassinated (for being a good citizen!) shortly after getting off the plane.
Were someone to smear me for "blaming America first" or whatever, I'd have trouble mustering the enthusiasm to defend my patriotism right now.
Were someone to smear me for "blaming America first" or whatever, I'd have trouble mustering the enthusiasm to defend my patriotism right now.
Oct 8, 2007
Challenging the Speaker's prayer life
This is pretty raging. I know it's no secret that we bleeding hearts hate Fox News, but come on.
Via War Room, a transcript excerpt from Chris Wallace talking to Rep. Pelosi:
Via War Room, a transcript excerpt from Chris Wallace talking to Rep. Pelosi:
Wallace: You said the other day that you were praying for President Bush . . .Pelosi handles herself quite well, I'd say.
Pelosi: Yes.
Wallace: ... to change his mind about vetoing SCHIP. Do you pray for our soldiers to win in Iraq?
Pelosi: Of course I do.
Wallace: To win?
Pelosi: Of course I do. Of course. What a question.
First of all, I pray for President Bush all the time, and I prayed especially hard that he would sign the children's health bill because it's so important to America's children.
Wallace: When you pray for President Bush, what do you pray for?
Pelosi: I pray that -- well, at the same as I pray for him, I pray for America's children and that there can be some compatibility in their thinking. But I pray for his health, his well being. I pray that he makes the right decisions for the American people. But when I . . .
Wallace: Do you ever pray for him to change his policies?
Pelosi: All the time. But let me draw a line. When I was growing up in politics, we were always told that we shouldn't pray for a political outcome, that we just pray that God's will would be done.
We pray for the children. We pray for poor people. And we pray for people who need help. And we always, always, always pray for our men and women in uniform who make our freedom to pray possible.
Oct 5, 2007
It's ethanol-pander time!
David Roberts has an entertaining rant about Fred Thompson's particularly dubious argument in favor of corn ethanol subsidies.
Remember that episode of The West Wing where Santos lets Josh convince him to pander to the Iowa ethanol people and Vinick says what he really thinks and then the two campaigns happen to meet in a hotel restaurant or whatever and chat w/ each other and Santos is ashamed that he wasn't as bold and honest and full-of-integrity as Vinick and everyone watching says "Alan Alda's so great--remember M*A*S*H, the show not the movie?--and this show really treats conservatives with respect, even though it's fairly liberal" and the ratings briefly started to recover before continuing to plummet as they had been for two or three seasons?
That was a good one.
Remember that episode of The West Wing where Santos lets Josh convince him to pander to the Iowa ethanol people and Vinick says what he really thinks and then the two campaigns happen to meet in a hotel restaurant or whatever and chat w/ each other and Santos is ashamed that he wasn't as bold and honest and full-of-integrity as Vinick and everyone watching says "Alan Alda's so great--remember M*A*S*H, the show not the movie?--and this show really treats conservatives with respect, even though it's fairly liberal" and the ratings briefly started to recover before continuing to plummet as they had been for two or three seasons?
That was a good one.
The old "take my millions of constituents and go home" trick
As John Potter pointed out in the comments, my previous post had a confusing title. No, I can't imagine Huckabee would bolt from the GOP to run on a third-party ticket. I can't even imagine Dobson et al. following through on their threat at all--that's obviously not the point. But watching/hearing various religious right folks shill for this thing in the last couple days, it seems pretty clear that Huckabee's the guy they heart, and there's a lot of time left for him to emerge as a more "serious" candidate.
On the other hand, this Globe story about the Romney campaign's reaction to all this is interesting. Romney's the only one of the top four whom Dobson hasn't basically denounced. At any rate, I'd be willing to bet this whole incident is going to lead to significant gains in the polls and fundraising for Huckabee, Romney, or both.
I wonder if Romney (a documented flip-flopper!) would have an (even) harder time in the general than (the extremely likable) Huckabee would. But the education the country would get in the realities of mainstream LDS folks would be a positive thing regardless.
On the other hand, this Globe story about the Romney campaign's reaction to all this is interesting. Romney's the only one of the top four whom Dobson hasn't basically denounced. At any rate, I'd be willing to bet this whole incident is going to lead to significant gains in the polls and fundraising for Huckabee, Romney, or both.
I wonder if Romney (a documented flip-flopper!) would have an (even) harder time in the general than (the extremely likable) Huckabee would. But the education the country would get in the realities of mainstream LDS folks would be a positive thing regardless.
Oct 4, 2007
A theoretical third-party candidate--let's call him "Hike Muckabee"
Via Faith in Public Life:
New Rasmussen poll confirms the continuing strength of the anti-abortion movement within the GOP.
It's been awhile since I've ranted here about the "Evangelicals are Going Progressive!" narrative and the difference between values and priorities. But I've just done so in a comment over at Melissa Rogers' (terrific) blog.
New Rasmussen poll confirms the continuing strength of the anti-abortion movement within the GOP.
It's been awhile since I've ranted here about the "Evangelicals are Going Progressive!" narrative and the difference between values and priorities. But I've just done so in a comment over at Melissa Rogers' (terrific) blog.
This week...
...is shaping up to be a relatively blquiet one from blme. Lots going on, not the least of which is watching the Cubs play the late playoff games last night and tonight (starting at 10 p.m. out here, my prime blogging time). Also preparing to play a show this Saturday, my first in some time.
But I'll at least put up a couple more links and short posts. Just so you don't run out of things to read on the Webnet....
But I'll at least put up a couple more links and short posts. Just so you don't run out of things to read on the Webnet....
Oct 2, 2007
On the paganized sabbath
CT has an interesting excerpt from Craig Harline's new book Sunday: A History of the First Day From Babylonia to the Superbowl.
I've always been particularly fascinated by the Sunday/Saturday thing, as my family's heritage is in the small Seventh Day Baptist denomination.
I've always been particularly fascinated by the Sunday/Saturday thing, as my family's heritage is in the small Seventh Day Baptist denomination.
Oct 1, 2007
"They did not get our permission before they arrived"
In this AP story from last week, Archbishop-elect Kwashi gets a bit more explicit about the postcolonial tension with which the Anglican conflict is packed.
Behind the newer, friendlier nuclear power
Peter Montague, guest-posting at Gristmill, makes a particularly compelling case against nuclear energy.
See also Jim Rice's recent cover piece for Sojourners.
See also Jim Rice's recent cover piece for Sojourners.
Threatening the GOP
The religious right heavyweights are upping the anti-Giuliani talk.
Perhaps this will hurt Giuliani's campaign, though if issues of "electability" or whatever were going to stop him from leading in the polls, you'd think the campaign would have imploded, you know, as soon as the controversial, prickly, generally unsavory candidate declared.
At any rate, I'm more interested in the Democratic takeaway--will they get the message that winning actual conservative religious votes is not as simple as establishing themselves as no more hostile to religion than this cycle's crop of Republican front-runners?
I'm also interested in Gov. Huckabee's response, should he choose to do so at all. I tend to react to him the same way many evangelicals do to Sen. Obama--I may disagree him on many of the issues, but I appreciate his attitude and his ability. But this could be a tricky spot for him--if forced to distance himself from either the party establishment or the religious right, each of which he needs and will continue to need in his career, which will he choose? He's not much of a question avoider or triangulator, so could be interesting...
Perhaps this will hurt Giuliani's campaign, though if issues of "electability" or whatever were going to stop him from leading in the polls, you'd think the campaign would have imploded, you know, as soon as the controversial, prickly, generally unsavory candidate declared.
At any rate, I'm more interested in the Democratic takeaway--will they get the message that winning actual conservative religious votes is not as simple as establishing themselves as no more hostile to religion than this cycle's crop of Republican front-runners?
I'm also interested in Gov. Huckabee's response, should he choose to do so at all. I tend to react to him the same way many evangelicals do to Sen. Obama--I may disagree him on many of the issues, but I appreciate his attitude and his ability. But this could be a tricky spot for him--if forced to distance himself from either the party establishment or the religious right, each of which he needs and will continue to need in his career, which will he choose? He's not much of a question avoider or triangulator, so could be interesting...
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