Well, it’s now official: “Hope and change” has become “eat your peas.” President Barack Obama’s petulant, partisan performance Monday night completed his evolution from the transcendent figure of 2008 to “my way or the highway.”
In the spring, Rick Perry made an official declaration that April 22–24 were to be “Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas,” saying it was “right and fitting that the people of Texas should join together in prayer to humbly seek an end to this devastating drought and these dangerous wildfires.
Six months into the Republican majority, a closer look at the GOP’s “Pledge to America” and its election-season promises shows the new majority has lived up to the agenda:
“I think Michele Bachmann is the total package,” said Ralph Reed, chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition.
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Steve Scheffler was a young Pat Robertson staffer when the televangelist grabbed a surprising second place in the 1988 presidential Iowa caucuses.
Last week’s Faith and Freedom Conference appeared to signal Ralph Reed’s return to national politics.
Republican presidential contenders flocked to the Faith and Freedom Conference in Washington, D.C., this weekend trying to win over hundreds of evangelical and Tea Party activists.
Donald Trump threatened a third-party presidential run, Herman Cain and Israeli lawmaker Danny Danon stirred up the crowd and Jon Huntsman Jr. and Tim Pawlenty got polite receptions at the second annual Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington.
In an election season driven by economic worries, Republican leaders are trying to keep Christian conservatives excited and involved by blurring the line between religious/social issues and low-tax crusades — a divide that has helped shape past GOP primaries.
