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Whenever I hear Republicans like Michelle Bachmann, Sean Hannity, or Michael Steele say that they will run for President if God tells them to, I wonder how God would make the pitch. Would He promise to raise a certain amount of money? Does He have a PAC? Are there superdelegates He could deliver? Does He have a grassroots organization? And would He demand some sort of quid pro quo?Now we know: God has data. Via Dave Weigel at the Washington Independent, here's what He told Vicki Hartzler, who is considering challenging Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton next year:
“Through prayer we were just crying out for our nation,” Hartzler told a small group of supporters at the How To Take Back America conference in St. Louis last month. “And I just felt like God said — you! It’s time! You’re sitting here, in one of the most Republican districts in the country that’s held by a Democrat. You’re sitting in a district that’s being led by a man who, right now–he’s a good man, but whether he’s lost his way, or gotten older, or I don’t know what it is, he’s voting with Nancy Pelosi 98 percent of the time.”I've always thought that Nate Silver had certain god-like qualities. Now we learn that God has certain Nate Silver-like qualities.-- Mark Schmitt
