Today’s Reading List – October 19, 2006

Posted by: John Schroeder at 05:01 am, October 19th 2006 — Comment on this post »

What a difference an ocean makes. Here is an Evangelical web site in the UK reporting in somewhat astonished tones about the heat that Romney is taking for his Liberty Sunday appearance, in a defensive tone. That Romney appearance may end up being the turning point regarding "The Question."

K-Lo opines that Romney has Evangelical leaders more or less cornered. I have to agree (I guess it is my turn to agree with her). This is one of the reasons I hammered Dobson so hard. Romney has done such a good job to this point, that anyone crossing him puts their political capital at serious risk. Dobson is essentially a good man; with faults like all of us, he is more effective in the fold than out.

Lowell: Seems like I said something along those lines a few weeks ago:

Isn't a Romney candidacy going to expose evangelical biases to a scrutiny unlike anything they have ever seen before? Do you not worry about how ridiculous, bigoted, and narrow-minded many . . . evangelicals might make [their] own religion look?

Now K-LO says:

[S]mart [evangelical] leaders will recognize that letting that evangelical-Mormon problem be a story for too long is a bad thing for them. Looking like religious bigots isn't all that becoming.

We are thinking of charging K-Lo a licensing fee for our thoughts.

Speaking of NRO – they had a fascinating discussion yesterday about Cromwell and religion's role in the British civil war. Far more entires than I have time to index – you'll have to wade through it on your own.

This is how Romney cornered those Evangelical leaders.

Lowell: Having heard Romney speak, I can attest that he is very easy to listen to. The writer seems to agree:

Mitt Romney swung through Washington, D.C., today for luncheon speech to nearly 400 fans and admirers who packed a Capitol Hill restaurant to hear his message. The private fundraiser, organized by Romney's Commonwealth PAC, was so popular that attendees barely fit in the room. . . . Republican National Chairman Ken Mehlman . . . told the crowd that there was "no more sought-after speaker than Mitt Romney" among Republicans these days. Not long ago that honor likely belonged to Sen. John McCain (R.-Ariz.) or former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

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