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A senior source at the Democratic Nation Convention Committee has just briefed God-o-Meter on how this convention will be more faith-friendly than those that have come before. For viewers watching the convention from their living rooms, the biggest change will probably be in the primetime speeches. Here’s that well-placed DNCC source, speaking on background: The…

God-o-Meter is glad it’s not the only one who has trouble getting the McCain campaign to return its calls. In response to readers asking why he lavishes so much more attention on Barack Obama, CBN political correspondent/blogger David Brody explains how unresponsive the McCain camp is to religious media: The Brody File is writing the…

Here’s the new ad:Notice how it identifies Reed only as a friend and business associate of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and doesn’t try to demonize the former Christian Coalition chief for being a member of the Religious Right? That’s intentional. It’s called religious sensitivity. It’s a relatively new skill for Democrats.They’re realized that labeling conservatives…

Ralph Reed has been in the news a lot in the last week for helping to promote an Atlanta fundraiser for John McCain on Monday. The Democrats got a lot of mileage out of lashing the Arizona known for his championing of ethics reform in Washington to a former buddy and business associate of imprisoned…

The reviews from Christian Right leaders on John McCain’s Saddleback performance are in, and the Arizona senator gets major props from a crowd that has frequently pilloried him. The Politico prints glowing quotes Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Richard Land, and a slew of lower-level Christian Right activists McCain’s performance on…

Is the shine coming off Saint Rick? In the hours since Rick Warren granted God-o-Meter am interview on Sunday evening, a day after his Saddleback Civil Forum with John McCain and Barack Obama, GOM has been struck by Warren’s steadfast refusal to apologize for misleading Forum viewer’s about McCain being sealed inside a cone of…

In an interview with God-o-Meter on the day after his Saddleback Civil Forum with John McCain and Barack Obama, Rev. Rick Warren sounded pretty dubious about Barack Obama’s and the Democrats’ chances of making inroads among evangelicals. The full interview will run Monday on Beliefnet. Here’s a preview: Before last night, McCain had been widely…

Team Obama was depending on John McCain, with a reputation for opting out of discussions about faith and hot-button issues, looking like a fish at a water at last night’s Saddleback Civil Forum (here’s the video). Didn’t happen. Not by a long shot, One of the big surprises of the evening was that McCain shone.…

Tonight’s presidential candidate forum at Rick Warren’s Saddleback church has political pundits and in-the-pews religious voters wondering whether John McCain will finally open up about his personal faith, something his Democratic opponent has been doing for years. But some of the nation’s top conservative Christian activists have already seen a glimpse of McCain discussing the…

God-o-Meter caught up with someone very close to the Obama campaign and its faith outreach effort late this week and asked about the campaign’s thinking going into this Saturday’s Saddleback candidate forum. On background, here’s what it was told: The most important factor coming into Saddleback is Senator Obama’s level of comfort in forums like…
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