After going further than any Democratic presidential candidate in memory to establish himself as a fervent Christian believer–he visits churches often and has staged “faith tours” in Iowa and South Carolina–Obama is still apparently susceptible to email campaigns that have tried to brand him a Muslim and an atheist. From a Des Moines pool report…

God-o-Meter’s friends at the Dallas Morning News Religion Blog report on a new study from the Center for Responsive Politics revealing that Barack Obama has received more money from clergy than any other 2008 presidential candidate, Democrat or Republican. He’s received three times as much from clergy as the top Republican, Mitt Romney. The report…

The Associated Press reports that two black South Carolina ministers whom Barack Obama said had endorsed him say they never agreed to do so: Two black South Carolina ministers listed by Barack Obama’s campaign as endorsing his White House bid say they did no such thing, and at least two others affirmed their support only…

Mike Huckabee started a trend. Barack Obama’s new Christmas ad actually mentions Christmas, unlike Hillary Clinton’s “Happy Holidays” spot. But Huckabee’s mentioning the birth of Christ in his ad has raised the bar for the kind of outright religiosity God-o-Meter has come to expect in holiday spots, especially from a candidate who has tried to…

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