Perhaps one of the more valuable pieces of advice in terms of winning elections comes from Jim Wallis, author of last year’s insightful “God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It.” Wallis, in his essay on “Seeking the Common Good,” argues for the formation of a “prophetic politics” that is neither liberal nor conservative nor libertarian, but instead embraces a fundamentally moral approach to political issues such as sexuality, popular culture, poverty and the environment.