Now the rise of Mike Huckabee appears to have changed all of that, and long-time activists on the Evangelical left like Ron Sider, Tony Campolo and Jim Wallis, who for years were in the political wilderness, combined with the efforts of advocates like Bono of U2, have successfully convinced a significant number of especially young Evangelicals that they have a responsibility as citizens not just to help the poor personally, but to make sure that the tax dollars of fellow citizens are used to alleviate suffering at home and around the globe.