Under normal circumstances, Bush’s final state of the union address would have been the biggest story of the day (watch below or read it here). But since this marks the first time that a primary season has begun before the state of the union address, these are not normal circumstances. The state of the union was eclipsed by the news that both Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy held a rally to announce their endorsement of Barack Obama for President. Caroline Kennedy penned an Op-Ed endorsement over the weekend, but the rally provided the political spectacle. Together the Kennedy’s declared that Obama is the candidate in the mold of JFK. See…
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Answering Faimon about Peggy
This post is an attempt to respond to a statement that my old friend Faimon wrote in the comment section of my previous post: “I wonder Denny, if you are going to address the comment by Peggy Noonan that GWB destroyed the Republican Party.” What Faimon is referring to is Peggy Noonan’s Wall Street Journal column titled, “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.” In this short essay, Noonan not only says that former President Bill Clinton is destroying the Democrat Party, she also charges President George W. Bush with destroying the Republican Party. She writes:
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What’s Your Roe IQ?
I’ve been talking a lot about Roe v. Wade this week, and I have presumed a lot in terms of my readers’ knowledge of that infamous Supreme Court decision. How much do you know about Roe v. Wade? This quiz is designed to tell you just that. I took the quiz and missed two of the twelve questions (numbers 10 and 12). Take the quiz, then come back and report your scores. “Roe IQ: Do you really know Roe?”
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Barack Obama: Abortion Should Be Legal throughout All 9 Months of Pregnancy
Christianity Today has an interview with Senator Barack Obama on its website. Among other things, the conversation takes up the issue of abortion. In short, Obama thinks it should be legal for a woman to kill her unborn baby any time during her 9 months of pregnancy. His position is a defense of the status quo, which was set in 1973 by the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision (and its companion decision Doe v. Bolton). On this issue, Obama is not the candidate for change.
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Pat Robertson Knows Who Will Be Next President
Pat Robertson is saying that God revealed to him who will be the next president of the United States, but Robertson also says that he will not reveal what he thinks God told him. He did say, however, that he is not happy about what God told him and that he hopes that he heard God wrong. Here’s the video:
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Should a Woman Be President?
I am a regular podcaster of Dr. Albert Mohler’s daily radio program. On Tuesday, Dr. Mohler discussed whether Christians should be concerned with the prospect of having a woman as head of state. He and callers discussed how God-ordained roles for men and women are to be realized in the secular world. You can hear the show by clicking on the following “play” button: [audio:http://www.sbts.edu/MP3/totl/2008/AMP_01_15_2008.mp3]
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Obama’s Church’s Connection to Farrakhan
A significant amount of media coverage has focused on the religious beliefs of the Republican candidates for President (especially Romney’s and Huckabee’s). But Richard Cohen turns the spotlight on Democrat Barack Obama’s church in a column in the Washington Post. Here’s the heart of it:
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Alex & Brett Harris for Huckabee
Alex and Brett Harris are in the New York Times this morning in support of Mike Huckabee. It looks like they may Rebelutionize the GOP before it’s all said and done. If you don’t know anything about these two teenage boys, then you might be interested to hear the interview Al Mohler did with them several months ago. [click play button] [audio:http://www.sbts.edu/MP3/totl/2007/AMP_08_31_2007.mp3] “Huckabee Splits Young Evangelicals and Old Guard” – by David Kirkpatrick (New York Times)
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Huckabee on SBC Complementarianism
In last night’s GOP debate (transcript), Mike Huckabee was asked about his support of the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) statement of faith, which explicitly affirms complementarian principles. The following is a video of the exchange, but I have also included a transcript of the same at the bottom of this post.
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An Unscientific Postscript on the Iowa Caucuses
The Iowa caucuses are over, and Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee are the winners. A couple of items are worthy of note after tonight’s results. First, Obama emerges as the first viable African American candidate for President in the history of the United States. At least he seems viable, and that’s a big deal. Second, Huckabee, who was outspent 20 to 1 by Mitt Romney, came out of no-wheres-ville and is now a front-runner for the Republican nomination. (I’m wishing I would have taken the trouble to shake his hand when I saw him last summer and snapped this picture.)