rvineis
rvineis is an author at Religion News Service.
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Huckabee on Mormonism: “I think it’s a religion…”
By rvineis — December 12, 2007
Sunday’s NYT Magazine will feature this piece on Mike Huckabee. Zev Chafets covers all aspects of Huck and what makes this piece worthwhile is that he doesnt avoid the negative parts of Huck. The best part has been grabbing media attention this afternoon and will no doubt be fodder for cable news tonight. “I asked […]
Breaking News: Christmas is Important
By rvineis — December 11, 2007
The Politico has this quick piece on Congressman Steve King (R-IA) proposing a resolution stating that “Christians and Christmas are important.” And people complain that this is a do-nothing Congress…
Video: Huckabee Mega-Church Rally
By rvineis — December 10, 2007
If you want to see what is driving Huck’s success among evangelicals, watch this video of a Texas mega church pastor telling his congregation to support Mike. Fast forward to about 3 min to see the endorsement. The video is part of a series of pieces on the Governor for Newsweek’s latest issue: “Holy Huckabee!”
This Ain’t Your Grandfather’s GOP
By rvineis — December 10, 2007
This piece seems to echo what Mark was saying about a seperation between Republican pundits and Republican people. John Heilemann of the New Yorker explores why Romney has faced such challenges and how this represents a change from old school(beltway) Republicans and a new direction coming from the heartland. Money quote: “In the past, of […]
Romney Reactions
By rvineis — December 9, 2007
It seems that reactions to Mitt Romney’s speech seem to fall into three categories. The first is positive. It comes from inside the beltway or Mormon circles; the speech was a hit. The second are the mixed results coming from the heartland; the speech will do little to sway evangelical voters. And the third, from […]
The Speech
By rvineis — December 6, 2007
Mitt Romney delivered his “Faith in America” speech at 10:30 this morning. Here is the video
JFK’s Speech, In Case You Forgot…
By rvineis — December 5, 2007
On the eve of Romney’s big speech the world is waiting with bated breath. How will it compare to Kennedy’s 1960 address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on the role of Catholicism? To help you analyze how well Governor Romney did or didn’t mirror Kennedy here is the full transcript of Kennedy’s speech. And […]
Romney Answers Bible Question from CNN Debate
By rvineis — December 4, 2007
Here is the clip of Mitt Romney on the Bible from last week’s CNN/YouTube debate. Thoughts?
Thompson:”The Lord is OK with me, as far as I can tell.”
By rvineis — December 4, 2007
Fred Thompson recently defended attacks on his faith on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. Blitzer questioned the former Senator based on comments made in David Domke’s USA Today column here. Domke’s spiritual crib sheet on the top candidates quoted James Dobson’s now infamous email. Dobson said, “He is apparently the Great Hope that burns […]
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