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Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney have put religion front and center in the 2008 presidential race, to the detriment of the nation's political future. As the Iowa primary unfolds, with Huckabee surging in the polls and longtime leader Romney losing support, the major topic of debate isn't their views on the economy, national security or the Iraq war; it's their religious faith and theological issues. Huckabee is essentially campaigning as the most Christian candidate. Romney, a Mormon, is trying to explain his faith to a wider audience and reinforcing the view that religion is an important part of politics. Americans want a president with spiritual qualities and solid moral values. But until now, specific dogma has not been a campaign focus. The last time it appeared to be an issue was in the Nixon-Kennedy race of 1960, when John F. Kennedy's Catholicism made some fear that the pope would be running the country. Kennedy deftly addressed that fear by assuring voters that while his religion had shaped his values, he would not make decisions based on what his church or its leaders said. He put religion's role in politics in its proper perspective. The nation would do well to return to that view. Politics News Blog Comment:  Everything that fragments humanity is political in nature. Religion does too, and hence it does have its political face as well. How-so-much-ever we deny this fact in the name of secularism and democracy, but the fact is that religion and politics go hand in hand in the mind of the voter. Will American electorate ever dare elect a Mohammedan its president? Sounds next to impossible! It's only when you come out of the shackles of religion as such in your mind that politics may start having its independent existence. But then, such an enlightened mind will not even need politics to rule over it! When it happens, we'll come out of the shackles of both together. Till then let them remain, as the chips of the same block, together! I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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