What if the Democratic nominee for president waged an historic campaign for evangelical votes, the Republican nominee was surprisingly tone deaf to evangelical political concerns, a pile of polls showed evangelicals were less beholden to Republicans and their issues than they were at any point in the Bush administration–and evangelicals still supported the Republican nominee…

The minister who married first daughter Jenna Bush and Henry Hager this weekend, Kirbyjon Caldwell (above), is a Barack Obama supporter who gave God-o-Meter an exclusive interview last week. Caldwell’s role in the wedding is a remarkable testament to his personal relationship with the Bushes, despite their political differences. Caldwell addressed that unusual dynamic in…

Former Bill Clinton pollster Doug Schoen has Wall Street Journal op-ed about what he sees as Obama’s values problem: Exit polls in Indiana and North Carolina show clearly that fewer than 60% of white voters believe Mr. Obama shares their values. In a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, only 45% of the American electorate…

When Catholic League for Civil and Religious Life President Bill Donohue attacked John Kerry’s faith outreach director as insufficiently godly–“her resume is that of a person looking for a job working for Fidel Castro”–the Kerry campaign silenced her, forbidding her to talk to the press. When Donohue attacked the Democratic National Committee’s faith outreach director…

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