Monday, Nov 11

Running two blogs while holding down a real job is a Herculean task, so this brit Hume blog will probably get updated only occasionally.

At any rate: Today's "Grapevine" is notable in that Brit Hume casts a sympathetic eye on Jimmy Carter, for a change. Why? Well, why else: in an upcoming C-Span interview, Carter --a born again Christian-- expresses criticism over the Democratic party's unyielding embrace of abortion rights, and worries that the party is not providing a welcoming enough home for "deeply religious people":

Former President Jimmy Carter (search) criticized his own party yesterday, saying Democrats spend way too much time debating the issue of abortion. Carter said he condemns all abortions, saying, "I've never been convinced... that Jesus Christ would approve of abortions." As for why Democrats lost the last election, Carter said that party leaders had failed to connect with "deeply religious people in this country."

Interestingly enough, Hume does not appear to have felt that the following statement of Carter's was also newsworthy: "The next successful candidate has got to have some means to say, OK, we believe and we worship the prince of peace, not pre-emptive war..." Hmmmm.... I wonder why Hume would leave that part out?