Compare Romney’s “roll-out” of Ryan in 2012 with Trump’s “roll-out” of Pence yesterday. Courtesy of NBC News:...
Election 2012
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on 60 Minutes–August, 2012
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Springsteen Stumps for Obama in Parma, Ohio
Here is some of what he had to say yesterday. I’m here today for Ohio, and for President Obama, and because for 30 years I’ve been writing about the distance between the American dream and American reality. I’ve been gauging...
Dionne: Ideological Hypocrites
How can the GOP presidential candidates claim to be “free market virgins” when: They have been drawing government paychecks for years? They seek government “largesse” for their constituencies? They promise senior citizens never to cut Medicare or Social Security? They […]
Evangelicals on Why So Many Evangelicals Like Newt
Over at his Jesus Creed blog, Scot McKnight asks his evangelical readers why so many evangelicals support Newt. The 42 (and counting) comments offer much insight and provide a glimpse of the diversity of American evangelicalism....
This Week’s Patheos Column: Seeing the Hand of God in Natural Disasters
In case you missed it, Pat Robertson believes last week’s East Coast earthquake is a sign from God. According to the Virginia televangelist, the 4-foot crack in the Washington Monument has a spiritual meaning. “It seems to me,” he told...