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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.
What surprised you i
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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posted April 25, 2008 at 11:21 am
Of course he’s much calmer. He’s being interviewed, a form that lacks both the explicit passion and the rhetorical hyperbole of the black church preaching tradition.
How many votes will his distinction between political and pastoral talk win Obama? None. But it’s the TRUTH–something that’s always been a secondary consideration in the coverage of this thing.
It’s almost as is Wright is going public to defend himself on the merits, not to shill for the campaign! I’d say that, after being subject to ad hominem attacks, physically threatened, and kept at arm’s length by his friends, he’s entitled.
posted April 25, 2008 at 11:22 am
Houston……I think we have a (pastor) problem!… Again!
In effect, Wright just rolled over on Obama. NEWS FLASH!… Obama is just a polictician! He says what policticians have to…which effectively means that Obama says one thing, but does another.
Is that “change we can believe in?” Sounds like same old,same old to me.
Judging by this clip, it appears that the Pastor has very publicly noticed that Obama’s halo effect is wearing off….Mmmm, I wonder why?….Oh thats Wright….
“Vengence is mine!” said the Lord.
Hillary 08!
posted April 25, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I think Obama just got thrown under the bus.