The Non-Candidate God
by Cal Thomas
09/12/2007

The field of presidential candidates is nearly complete. Only Newt Gingrich remains to decide — or announce if he has decided — whether he, too, will run for president. His decision is expected in November

.There is one person who is definitely not running, but may be invoked as the ultimate adviser. That would be God.

Writing in Time magazine, essayist Michael Kinsley raises some questions about presidential candidates who want God as their “running mate.” Kinsley would like them to go beyond the superficial “God bless you and God bless America” benediction. He wants to know to what extent God and a candidate’s understanding of Him might affect public policy should that person be elected. the rest