Amy Sullivan, National Correspondent for Time Magazine, says that during the election season pro-Obama religious liberals felt “thrown under a bus” by the Obama campaign.
Many had gone out on a limb to say Obama favored abortion reduction. But the campaign then went into a minor panic after Sarah Palin’s selection, fearing she would help attract independent women to the Republicans. So Democrats began running ads emphasizing traditional support for abortion rights sans abortion reduction. This infuriated pro-life Obama supporters who had gone out on a limb.
Sullivan also discussed how Obama’s desire to expand the faith-based initiative thrilled some supporters but made others quite anxious.