http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/tags/Rick+Warren/default.aspxTags: Rick WarrenenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/2008/10/30/how-running-a-campaign-is-no-different-than-building-a-megachurch.aspxThu, 30 Oct 2008 13:47:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3954Bill Bishop0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/comments/3954.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3954The model for the modern political campaign is the evangelical megachurch. This isn't a partisan observation. Both George Bush in 2004 and Barack Obama adopted the basic organizing techniques that many ministers have been using since the 1970s to grow...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/2008/10/30/how-running-a-campaign-is-no-different-than-building-a-megachurch.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3954" width="1" height="1">George W. BushBarack ObamaReligionNeighborhoodsEvangelicalsmegachurchdemographyRick Warren2004 electionhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/2008/10/14/enough-already-with-political-categories-like-white-women.aspxTue, 14 Oct 2008 13:05:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3832Bill Bishop0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/comments/3832.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3832Let's get something straight. There is no "women's vote." Women vote, of course. But reporters write about the "voting bloc" of white women as if it has meaning. It doesn't. Elections aren't about demography. They are about ways of life. Marketing people...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/2008/10/14/enough-already-with-political-categories-like-white-women.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3832" width="1" height="1">George W. BushBarack ObamamegachurchwomenmarketingdemographyGrace SlickRick Warren