Is the Pendulum Swinging Back?

Looks like the MSM (main stream media) are picking up on the awakening of the religious left. CBS Evening News did a report yesterday on the Christian left seeking political power. Yes! Now what we need is something more than a media plan. Among the highlights of the CBS report:

"Jesus called us to love our neighbor, love our enemy, care for the poor, care for the outcast, and that's really the moral core of where we think the nation ought to go," Dr. Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches told CBS News correspondent Russ Mitchell. "Jesus never said one word about homosexuality, never said one word about civil marriage or abortion," Edgar said.

But the left has its own Evangelical leaders, such as the Rev. Tony Campolo. "We are furious that the religious right has made Jesus into a Republican. That's idolatry," Campolo said. "To recreate Jesus in your own image rather than allowing yourself to be created in Jesus' image is what's wrong with politics."

UPDATE: Boston.com has an online report on the new generation of evangelical leaders who are "rediscovering their progressive roots."