David French writes: “There is a difference between beating a candidate and sidelining a movement…I believe that fear may be sufficient to beat Trump, but only joy can push MAGA back to the periphery of American life.” I hope he […]
Tim Walz
How do you run against joy?
Ever since Kamala Harris introduced Tim Walz as her running mate, the Democratic candidates have been talking about running a campaign full of joy. Here is Three Dog Night: OK–sorry for the digression. During the convention, Bill Clinton said Harris […]
Evangelicals respond to the Democratic National Convention (so far)
Night four of the Democratic National Convention is here. It’s Kamala Harris’s night. Here is what some American evangelicals have been saying this week as the Dems gather in Chicago: The former president of the Southern Baptist Convention believes that […]
Tim Walz’s “three yards and a cloud of dust” campaign.
Tim Walz has been a professional politician for almost twenty years. But it is his fifteen years as a football coach that might make him the next vice president of the United States. Here’s the Knute Rockne part of Walz’s […]
“Evangelicals for Harris” releases an ad. Is this a pro-Harris or anti-Trump movement?
The group “Evangelicals for Harris” just released its first political ad. The ad makes me wonder: Is “Evangelicals for Harris” a pro-Harris political movement or an anti-Trump movement.? Watch the ad: Franklin Graham is not happy with the use of […]
How Harris is transcending Trump
E.J. Dionne is right: The sudden and radical shift in the trajectory of the 2024 campaign owes to more than the replacement of President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate. To a degree that’s still not fully appreciated, Harris […]
David French is voting for Harris-Walz. What are his fellow evangelicals saying about the decision?
In his most recent New York Times column, David French announced that he will be voting for Harris-Walz in November in order to “save conservatism from itself.” Here is a taste: It is fascinating to me that there are voices […]
“Evangelicals for Harris” speakers named on the day after we learn more about Tim Walz’s extreme views on abortion
In his 2010 book To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, & Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World, University of Virginia sociologist James Davison Hunter argued that both the Christian Right and the Evangelical Left were guilty of […]
Is Tim Walz an “unhinged moral degenerate?” Is he “demonic?”
Recently, conservatives–especially conservative Christians–have said some pretty bad things about Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s VP pick. As we noted in our recent roundups of evangelical responses to the Harris-Walz ticket, some evangelicals are calling Walz an “unhinged moral degenerate,” “demonic,” […]
Steve Martin will NOT play Tim Walz on Saturday Night Live
Martin told Lorne Michaels that he is “not an impressionist.” He added: “You need someone who can really nail the guy. I was picked because I have gray hair and glasses.” More here.
What Trump said in 2020 about the way Minnesota governor Tim Walz handled the George Floyd protests
Donald Trump was “very happy” with the way Walz handled the Minneapolis rioters. Here ABC News: In the hours after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, allies of former President Donald Trump rushed to denigrate the […]
More evangelical responses to the Harris-Walz ticket
Building off of last night’s roundup, here are more evangelical reactions to the Harris-Walz ticket. David French can’t catch a break! 🙂 A New Jersey Baptist responds to a Southern Baptist. Don’t mess with a pastor from Morristown, New Jersey: […]
Yeah, stuff like this will really grow the party and win undecided voters
Donald Trump last night on Truth Social. He appears to be losing it:
Who are the “elites” in this election?
I’m looking forward to Will Bunch’s column on Tim Walz: And let’s not forget Walz’s master’s degree in educational leadership from Mankato State and Harris’s law degree from the San Francisco campus of the University California law school.
Tim Walz: Springsteen fan
In case you missed it last night, Democratic VP presumptive nominee Tim Walz talked about a Springsteen concert he attended with Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro: As governor of Minnesota, Walz declared March 5, 2023 “Bruce Springsteen Day” in the state. […]
What are evangelicals saying about the Harris-Walz ticket?
This morning Kamala Harris announced her running mate. It is Minnesota governor Tim Walz. What are evangelicals saying? Michael Wear offers “guidance”: Sean Feucht has his “cringe meter” on: Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center: Demonic: David French will take […]
Kamala Harris picks Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate
Here is CNN: Vice President Kamala Harris has made a decision on her running mate, with four people close to the process saying Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is her choice. The selection caps the Midwestern Democrat’s short but swift ascent from […]