The American Spectator

Washington Prowler

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However, Bopp's attacks on Brownback have now raised questions about Glendon, her role with the Romney campaign and whether Glendon's own bishop in Boston, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, would be wholly supportive of her nomination.

Glendon was conspicuously absent from O'Malley's Red Mass earlier this month, where Brownback was the keynote speaker, and where O'Malley announced, "There is no other presidential candidate in the U.S. today that more reflects Catholic social doctrine as you do."

All of the infighting and ugliness has some wondering if there isn't more at play here than mere politics. "The divisiveness and the way people are acting make you think there is something much darker afoot. Christians should not be doing this to each other, yet it seems that they will ruin decade-old friendships and tear people down," says the longtime pro-life activist. "It's almost Biblical."

p> DREAM CANDIDATE br> Several experienced Republican political hands are pushing former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson to run for the U.S. Senate seat in Virginia being vacated by Sen. John Warner . Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner is seeking the Democrat nomination for the seat and is the prohibitive favorite to gain the seat. /p>

Former Gov.Jim Gilmore, coming off of his mediocre management of the Republican National Committee and a failed presidential campaign, is the only Republican now thinking about seeking the seat. Rep. Tom Davis, whom many believed would run, announced recently, amid speculation that he will retire from Congress, that he will not seek the new job.

Olson, who is in private practice and is serving as a key adviser to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, had no knowledge that his name was being floated or that Republicans were looking to him as a potential candidate.

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