Yglesias Award Nominee

"Jeremiah Wright goes to church looking for Jesus. And that’s why evangelicals should pay attention to him. This is not to say they should agree with him. But Jeremiah Wright is a serious Christian. He didn’t have to be — many gifted black intellectuals have gotten off the bus with the church for having been, as it inarguably has, a slave religion. (Wright has argued with Muslim friends that its track record is no better on slavery.) …

Therefore charity requires that evangelicals do business with Wright. He, like them, is part of the body of Christ. Not less than John Hagee or Rod Parsley — extremist ministers aligned with John McCain —Wright’s churchmanship means he is more brother than enemy," – Jason Byassee, Christianity Today.

She’s Serious

Robert A. George on what he sees as the Clintons’ bid to forge a Democratic coalition without African-Americans. It does seem to me at this point that the Clintons are on a mission to destroy any Democratic coalition that will not kowtow to them (egged on, of course, by Rove). If that means abandoning African-Americans, why would the Clintons hesitate? Loyalty only works one way with the Clintons.

Uh-Oh

Ambers:

On election day, Obama might have more than a million individuals volunteering on his behalf. That should scare the beejeesus out of the McCain campaign and the RNC.

Obama and Paul are the result of the unfolding Dean revolution in internet politics. But what Obama has done is use the power of the web to organize on the ground more effectively than any candidate in history. So far, the non-Paul right has been pretty clueless.

Gay Rights After Clinton

Kevin at Chris Crain’s blog describes what the Clintons did to gay rights:

A lot of tripe is thrown around about gay Republicans in the gay media, and has been for over a decade.  But not enough has been written about the toxic impact that Clintonism has wrought on the gay community and its political leadership.  The cravenness of it, the poisonous combination of raising hopes with glistening promises, and dashing them at the first sign of political risk — all the while shifting the blame to others — has done more to destroy what was once a potentially powerful movement than anything a small band of hapless, closeted gay Republicans on Capitol Hill (now "cleansed" for the most part) could ever have done. […]

And speaks to gay Clinton supporters:

…breathe easy, gay Democrats.  Hillary is finally being shoved out the door by the length and breadth of the selfishness she represents.  Whether it’s soon, or after the inevitable rejection of her 900th attempt at game-changing party rules on May 31st…it’s been in the cards since February.

Whether you realize it or not, it’s good for you.  Embrace it.  And get back to work in making your party something other than a gigantic waste of money, hope and effort.