Today’s Reading List – January 30, 2007

Posted by: John Schroeder at 06:38 am, January 30th 2007 — Comment on this post »

Wasn't that long ago and Romney was polling single digits – pretty good rise in polling numbers.

This is simply historically, blessedly ironic.

In the wake of Huckabee's announcement, a pastor friend of mine looks at the issue of clergy running for office. The line is a little fuzzier for him than it is for me, but in generally I agree with his comments.

The "Fairness Doctrine" again? I hope not, it could potentially put blogs out of business, particularly if Democrats get control of the Internet, which they have been trying to do for a while now.

The "On Faith" discussion continues. Evangelical leftie Jim Wallis write one of the first things I have ever agreed with him on:

In a democratic and pluralistic society, we don’t want to evaluate candidates by which denomination or faith tradition they belong to (or whether they are a person of faith at all), and only vote for the candidate in our group. What’s important is not how often they attended church or synagogue (like a tally of votes missed by a member of Congress), but rather what is the moral compass they bring to their public life and how do their convictions shape their political priorities.

Professor Stephen Prothero argues there is a "faith" test out of pragmatics, not ideals. If he is right, Romney is a goner, but I don't think he is right. I think he grossly oversimplifies people's views on this subject.

The endorsement battles continue with Romney picking up some key ones in key South Carolina.