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It doesn’t take anything more than the possibility of a Christian right candidate like Mike Huckabee running for president to turn the Tea Party-aligned Republican mood rings from algae green to obsidian black.  The reaction runs the gamut from not taking Huckabee seriously in spite of his tenure as a two-term governor and solid campaigner, to outright hostility that someone who believes the Book of Genesis literally could be qualified to hold office. I am heartsick at this, and I think it highlights the main fissure within the GOP.  It’s almost bigotry in the way candidates are vetted according to...

Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic frontrunner John F. Kerry, refuses to release her tax return to the general public. What is Ms. Heinz Kerry hiding? I find the cloak of secrecy that Ms. Heinz Kerry and her husband have wrapped around their affairs (e.g., Mr. Kerry’s military records) quite troubling. If they can not be forthright and candid with the American public now, during the campaign, one could only image what they would hide from the nation if elected. This is an issue of great concern. There is no question the Mr. Kerry’s and Ms. Heinz Kerry’s financial affairs...