"White" house no, "Christian" house maybe?
In the day before the New Hampshire primary, Obama and McCain (or Romney) are positioned to win. Only days after the Iowa caucuses, it's still too early to digest the meaning of the Clinton/Huckabee upset. Like everyone else, I've been getting into lots of political discussions about what this all means. Sooner or later the conversation gets around to an independent run by Bloomberg.
Surprisingly enough, the conversation quickly focuses on religion. I've had several people tell me that they think that Americans will vote for a woman, a black man or a Mormon, but not a Jew. I hope that this isn't true, but there has been a lot of cross-climbing by the candidates. Romney hastily reassures evangelicals that Mormons are Christians and Obama seems to make the point that he's a Christian about once per speech.
Several months after the House passed Resolution 847 which recognized the importance of Christianity and Christmas, the 'C' word still seems to come up a lot. Is the country ready for a Jew?
Posted on January 08, 2008
