It must be said up top that the South Carolina Democratic primary is long since over and that Barack Obama won it handily, so God-o-Meter won’t extrapolate too much about this story’s implications for Obama’s campaign going forward, including the fact that North Carolina hosts the next primary after today’s in Pennsylvania. Still, this stuff…

The Politico reports that Bob Casey, Jr. has assumed an unexpectedly central role in Barack Obama’s campaign as his values guy in Pennsylvania, particularly after Obama’s recent remarks about small town Americans: When Sen. Barack Obama’s remarks about “bitter” Pennsylvanians tumbled into public view, he turned quickly to the politician whose family name is synonymous…

Since losing them two-to-one to Hillary Clinton in Ohio last month, Barack Obama has tried his hardest to win over Catholics. To wit: 1. Obama recently became the first presidential candidate to hire a fulltime Catholic outreach director. 2. Ten days ago, Obama launched a Catholic National Advisory Council, comprising of dozens of senators, congressmen,…

Earlier today, God-o-Meter reported on “Days of Service” being organized by Catholic Barack Obama supporters in cities the pope is visiting. It turns out the events are also happening in two important primary states: Pennsylvania and Indiana. Check out this schedule of events, sent to God-o-Meter from an Obama supporter: Thursday, April 17, 2008 Washington…

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