God-o-Meter remarked recently that for a former Baptist preacher whose web site’s top issue baskets are “Faith and Politics” and “Sanctity of Life,” Mike Huckabee’s having an awfully hard time lining up A-list Christian Right support. Today’s Politico reports that the cold shoulder is driving his campaign batty: “They all say Mike Huckabee is a…

God-o-Meter feels a tad guilty for lavishing so much HTML on Barack Obama, but no other candidate is courting religious voters with as much rigor and transparency (unlike, say, Republican candidates who powwow with Christian Right leaders in secret). On the same day that Obama announced a string of gospel music concerts to benefit his…

Columnist Robert Novak, not exactly a Republican In Name Only, joins the chorus of those wondering if the Christian Right can really derail Rudy Giuliani. Is God-o-Meter the only one who still doubts that most churchgoing evangelicals will back America’s Mayor? Sure, Novak, quotes recent Gallup polls showing that Giuliani has the support of plurality…

Bill Clinton may have been the nation’s first black president–and a Baptist, to boot–but his wife ain’t attempting anything like this to reach churchgoing African Americans. God-o-Meter has just learned Barack Obama’s campaign is staging a three-day tour gospel music tour to cap its “40 Days of Faith and Family” drive in South Carolina. The…

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