It is an even-money bet that by November 2, James Talarico will have at least 90 percent national name recognition. The 36-year-old member of the Texas State House of Representatives won the Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday, handily defeating Rep. Jasmine Crockett. He's likely to become virtually a household name over the next eight months because the media have discovered something of a political unicorn: A modern Democrat who professes Christianity.

Talarico's "unapologetic embrace of his Christian faith sets him apart from other rising Democratic stars - and it could maybe even help reshape American politics," writes Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons for the cable news channel MS NOW. How Talarico can reshape politics is unclear. The U.S. Senate already includes two Democrats with divinity school degrees – Georgia's Raphael Warnock and Chris Coons from Delaware – so we'll have to watch and see whether and how Talarico's faith makes a difference.

It's fair to speculate that Talarico could cool the tempers of his party's voters, and one hopes he can. But any effort to shift a demonstrably angry Democrat base into a kinder, gentler coalition will have to overcome the likes of former Bill Clinton strategist James Carville and his nationwide call for "pure economic rage."

Talarico may be leaning into Carville's push for rage. Visitors to Talarico's campaign website are greeted with the statement, in very large type, "It's time to start flipping tables," a biblical reference to Jesus Christ upending the tables of money changers in........

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