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Closed for the Season
With Election Day finally having come and gone, God-o-Meter is closing up shop till 2012--or at least 2010. Till then, get your faith and politics fix over at Beliefnet editor-in-chief Steve Waldman's blog.
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posted 4:32:33pm Nov. 19, 2008 |
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On The Religious Left, Great Expectations
The first priorities for Barack Obama's administration will be the economy and a variety of foreign policy issues. But the burgeoning religious left, which worked so hard to get Obama elected, expects some movement on its issues, including a robust White House office of faith-based initiatives, pove
posted 1:49:31pm Nov. 07, 2008 |
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Howard Dean's Vindication
God-o-Meter wrote a piece for today's Roll Call on the vindication of Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean's much-derided 50-State Strategy, which is largely about reaching out to the nation's more religious voters in the red states:
Years before Barack Obama showed that a liberal Demo
posted 2:01:06pm Nov. 06, 2008 |
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A Post-Election Chat with Ralph Reed
Amid today's talk that Barack Obama has narrowed the God Gap, God-o-Meter checked in with Ralph Reed, who spearheaded religious outreach for George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 campaigns and who pioneered such outreach for Republicans as executive director of the Christian Coalition.
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posted 3:09:07pm Nov. 05, 2008 |
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More Innacurate Faith Storylines From the Media
God-o-Meter is struck by the number of faith-based storylines the news media appear to have gotten dead wrong this year.
One was the line that Obama was poised to make big gains among white votes, especially evangelicals, who were undergoing a generational shift in their political thinking and reexa
posted 11:53:20am Nov. 05, 2008 |
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McCain’s endorsements from Rudy Giuliani and Arnold Schwarzenegger may win him more moderate Republicans and Independents (was McCain really suffering in that department?) but they’re sure to turn off to the Religious Right, which had recently shown signs of warming to the Arizona senator. Here’s what Focus on the Family’s James Dobson has said about Rudy. Just imagine what he thinks of Arnold:
posted January 31, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Dirty, dirty, dirty- McCain doesn’t seem to have much personal integrity with the obvious lies he’s trying to perpetuate about Romney. Pretty much all major news organizations have called him on it. I think he’s desperate. I’m also not super impressed that McCain dumped his first wife after she was in accident when she stood by him for all those years he was a POW. Talk about family values.
posted February 1, 2008 at 3:02 am
Well, they can either vote for McCain of have eight years of Hillary, their choice. The bulk of them will vote for McCain which means he can kick their leaders to the curb and if he wants the moderate and independent votes he needs to win, he better.
posted February 1, 2008 at 10:09 am
Dirty, dirty, dirty – Dobson doesn’t seem to have much personal integrity with the obvious lies he’s trying to perpetuate about gay Americans.
Frankly, who gives a rat’s patootie what this homophobic hate-monger has to say about anything?
posted February 1, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Charles–The predicament that McCain would find himself in if he fails to get support from conservative opinion shapers: what good would all that independent support be if he can’t get the base of his party to turn out?
posted February 3, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Well, That McCain have not right his addressing against by Romney’s opitions and things of way the world, Also He have not any his independent support another one by the nobleman, not need to hear your words of GOP’s and Religion, no have base another man get the base of his party to turn out….And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying. That to you in verse alike You will hear those rejoice in Ameirca, and joy in your people; and there sahll be hear in her no more the voice, and have to running hear so tender love your people our the world, I believe in you your words alike as Mitt Romney have to help them change new the world, azamed to see yourself will see that one change of world. The gift of God He cared all of you in your heart by country of your dreamed.