NYT ran a piece this morning on Senator Sam Brownback's bid for the presidency. Link. Excerpt:
Mr. Brownback, an evangelical-Protestant-turned-Roman Catholic from Kansas who attends services in the two faiths each Sunday and once washed an aide's feet in a gesture of humble devotion, is contemplating a big bet on a resurgence in traditionalist faith. . .
If he makes an impact, I predict it will either be a watershed event in American history or it will wreck Christian political ambitions for the foreseeable future. It appears that he's going to "lay it all on the line" and make faith and the importance of Christian values the centerpiece.
It makes me uncomfortable. Call me "cautiously pessimistic."
