Today’s Reading List – October 18, 2006

Posted by: John Schroeder at 05:46 am, October 18th 2006 — Comment on this post »

Tell me about the historical separation of church and state? Now, that does not mean we can only elect Christians, it just means secularization is not on the firm foundation it thinks it is.

Rich Lowry on the overstatement of the "theocracy" cry. Based on the last few weeks, I have to think concerns about "The Question" may be in the same category. It is, after all, based on the assumption that Christian conservatives have a stranglehold on things.

Then there is this, it's less about "theocracy" and more about left and right. This again supports my preliminary conclusion of yesterday that "The Question" concerning Romney maybe more a tool of the opposition (McCain and/or Dem nominee) than it is a legitimate problem Evangelicals have in any significant numbers.

Romney's organizing continues. A bit of commentary on same.

Lowell adds: I can't resist dropping this in, from Opinion Journal's Political Diary (a subscription site):

Barbara Comstock, who headed the opposition research department of the Republican National Committee that so bedeviled Al Gore in 2000, has signed on with Mr. Romney's PAC. She later served as the top spokesman for Attorney General John Ashcroft during the War on Terror. Ms. Comstock began her career on Capitol Hill where she served as a legal counsel to the House Government Reform committee that investigated many of the Clinton scandals. That gives her a deep understanding of the Clinton political machine and how it operates — something that could prove useful in the fall of 2008 should Mr. Romney be the GOP nominee.

Another Romney catch is Sally Bradshaw, an advisor to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush who has often been called Mr. Bush's "female Karl Rove." Ms. Bradshaw's Florida contacts will be of inestimable help to Mr. Romney as he woos conservatives in the nation's fourth largest state.

Governor Bush, who isn't running for national office in 2008, told reporters last week that he isn't backing anyone for president but that his fellow governor from Massachusetts would be "formidable" if he runs.

Hmmmm…. I'm not sure this is quite as exciting as it appears at first glance. We'll see.

OK, You read this, you HAVE to think Evangelicals could vote for a Mormon.