A new Washington Post/ABC poll shows Huckabee running almost even with Mitt Romney in Iowa. God-o-Meter noticed a big part of his surge is due to a part in a sharp uptick of support among evangelical Christians: Huckabee’s gains were concentrated among the party’s conservative core. He saw a 28-percentage-point jump in support from evangelical…

In Part 2 of National Review’s interview with Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor defends his abortion turnabout, from adamantly pro-choice to adamantly pro-life. Interviewer Byron York argues that Romney’s habit of glossing over the particulars of his transformation continues to fuel doubts about his sincerity in the pro-life camp. Here’s the most telling exchange:…

In his recent sit-down with National Review’s Byron York, Mitt Romney says it again: for now, he has no plans to deliver a so-called Mormon speech. God-o-Meter thinks we in the media who want the speech so badly might try a little reverse psychology and stop asking for a full day or two. Here’s the…

Newsweek reports that a small, orthodox subset of the Catholic vote is mobilizing against Rudy Giuliani. Not much new there, but God-o-Meter thought the vows of various Catholic bishops’ vows to deny Giuliani the Eucharist were noteworthy, particularly after last week’s meeting of U.S. bishops ended in a nearly unanimous decision to release voter guidelines…

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