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...there is a striking change in the 2008 Republican presidential field. There are two candidates with strong religious credentials, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, and both spend far more time talking about good works than about sin, although each has the requisite positions on abortion and gay marriage. Indeed, it was Huckabee who reminded me of Chesterton's lament. "I'm a 'grace' Christian," Huckabee told me over lunch recently, "not a 'law' Christian. The Second Commandment--do unto others--is the basic tenet of my faith. And so I believe that life...
...political inconvenience, a destroyer of stereotypes. He is probably best known as the fellow who lost 100 lbs. in a year, and made living well through exercise and good nutrition one of his signature issues as Governor. But the real significance of Huckabee--and, to a lesser extent, Brownback--is that he represents the introduction of a new constituency into the political process: "Second Commandment" Christians, those more interested in salvation than damnation, people like the California pastor Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life. Huckabee says, "Our church in Little Rock is very similar to Rick Warren...
Native-American Atrocities In 2005, Kansas' SAM BROWNBACK led the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to approve an apology to Native Americans for past abuses, but the bill never got a floor vote...
...field is definitely crowded on both sides,” Kwong says. Neither the Harvard Dems nor the HRC officially supports candidates during the primaries, but Kwong notes that members of the HRC are active supporters of Senators John McCain and Sam Brownback, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Kwong himself has high hopes for Condoleezza Rice: “I think she’s someone we would have to look at. I mean, she’s black and a woman, better than Obama and Clinton combined. I think she would be very attractive to the Harvard community...
...contrast until recently, there was no shortage of politicians proudly claiming the label "conservative." Now, the only serious presidential candidate who calls himself a conservative is former Governor Mitt Romney--and he clings to the label because, based on his record, he obviously isn't one. Senator Sam Brownback, who calls himself a conservative and actually is one, isn't considered serious for that very reason. Meanwhile, Senator John McCain, who is serious, calls himself a "commonsense conservative," thus implying that most conservatives lack common sense. This is even more insulting than George W. Bush's "compassionate conservative...