But not because I expect a Romney win or anything. I’m just at peace with the situation. Either the aggregate of the polls in the swing states got the turnout model right or it didn’t. Either there is a hidden Romney vote (hardly anybody is going to call you a bigot . . . . Continue Reading »
Depressing from Henry Olsen. It becomes only slightly less depressing if Romney pulls out a narrow win. Update: I do think that Olsen is a teensy bit too pessimistic. My totally unscientific, gut instinct, just-talking-to-people sense is that Scott Brown will win tomorrow. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Romney will win by a landslide - in the demographic America of 1980. I don’t know what happens in the country we’re actually living in. My guess is a narrow Obama win but I wouldn’t bet my own money on it. 2. Ross Douthat wrote a terrific (and fair!) appreciation of Romney. . . . . Continue Reading »
So here is the RCP link and now for a few quick thoughts, 1. Obama has pulled ahead by .4% in the RCP head-to-head polling average. 2. Obama’s average job approval rating is 49.9%. So I ask one more time, which group is likely to be larger, Obama approvers who vote for . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s easy to be cynical about American politics. It’s easy to think we can safety check out. Many have concluded that politics doesn’t matter. That’s a mistake. Laws and regulations form the institutional and even the physical shape of the world we live in every day, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat observes ( Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics ) that American politics oscillates between mad messianic hopes and insane apocalyptic fears. When our guy wins, we scan the prairie expecting to see the lambs lying with lions. When the other guy wins, we can hear the sky . . . . Continue Reading »
Newbigin ( Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in ‘Secular’ Britain ) endorses Os Guinness’s idea of “chartered pluralism,” but argues vigorously that the gospel provides the only framework within which it can be realized. “What is unique about the Christian . . . . Continue Reading »
In his contribution to Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in ‘Secular’ Britain , the late Leslie Newbigin gives an eschatological perspective on the notion of a Christian society: “The focus of the biblical vision is on the final vindication of God in the gift of his perfect . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m too lazy to even link much. 1. Romney has lost is lead in the RCP head-to-head poll average. Obama is ahead by .1% so call it a tie. Obama’s job approval is just about 50%. Obama is leading in most but not all of the swing state polls. 2. Ross Douthat . . . . Continue Reading »
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