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Is any candidate good enough? These days, maybe not. Peggy Noonan has some thoughts this morning on the impact that Christian conservatives have had on American politics: The Republican race looks–at the moment–to be determined primarily by one thing, the question of religious faith. In my lifetime faith has been a significant issue in presidential…

This is what happens when you have a minister running for president. Mike Huckabee undoubtedly has what might be called a “pulpit trail” — but he won’t let anyone see it. This, from Mother Jones: Before beginning his political career, Huckabee was a Southern Baptist minister for 12 years in his home state of Arkansas.…

Does Rudy Giuliani have a religion problem? This piece from Salon seems to say: yes. And it’s not an insignificant one: Late last spring, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence opened his mail to find an invitation to a local fundraising event for Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani. Tobin made…

One of the modern era’s great speechwriters has given an assessment of Mitt Romney’s “religion speech” yesterday: His text was warmly cool. It covered a lot of ground briskly, in less than 25 minutes. His approach was calm, logical, with an emphasis on clarity. It wasn’t blowhardy, and it wasn’t fancy. The only groaner was,…
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