ABC News has the story: Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., an abortion rights opponent who endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. over Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY prior to the Pennsylvania primary, will address the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, Aug. 26. Casey’s father, the late Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey D-Pa., was denied a prime speaking spot at…

Can this year’s Democratic platform simultanesioulsy be the the most pro-choice and pro-life in the party’s history? That’s what Democrats are attempting with <a href="rogressive Revival blognew proposed platform language that supports Roe v. Wade in the strongest possible terms but which also pledges new support to women who decide to carry their fetuses to…

Shortly after God-o-Meter filed on the absence of any faith themes on this morning’s Democratic National Convention Committee media call about daily convention themes, it got an email from someone identifying himself as “a member of the DNCC Specialty Media team responsible for reaching out to faith/religion media.” The note included a press release from…

It’s not the name you typically hear on the lips of Christian Right heavies leaning on John McCain to pick a rock-ribbed social conservative as a running mate: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. But that’s Southern Baptist Convention public policy chief–and Beliefnet blogger–Richard Land cited in his recent CBS News interview as his top veep pick:…

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