The Big Sort : megachurch

How Running a Campaign Is Like Building a Megachurch

Bill Bishop — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:47:00 GMT

The 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...(read more)

Enough Already With Political Categories Like "White Women"

Bill Bishop — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:05:00 GMT

Let'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...(read more)

So What If They Didn't Talk? The Differences Were Still Fundamental.

Bill Bishop — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:29:00 GMT

Just a few minutes into Friday's debate and Jim Lehrer was already exasperated. The moderator wanted McCain and Obama to talk to each other. (Did he expect the candidates to banter away the next 90 minutes like two buddies in a fishing boat?) And Lehrer...(read more)