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The key one-two punch from Michael Gerson’s Washington Post op-ed today faulting Obama for looking down his nose at small town, churchgoing Americans: [T]he setback is more than political. One of Obama’s genuine contributions had been a renewed, liberal appreciation of the role of religious motivations in politics. In Gerson’s view, Obama’s San Francisco comments…

McCain’s statement landed in God-o-Meter inbox at 4:03 PM, long after Obama’s and Clinton’s had arrived. Read their statements, then read his. His is more, um, brief: Pope Benedict’s lifelong dedication to virtue and the authenticity of his principles serve as a guiding example to people throughout the world. When His Holiness travels to America,…

Most of today’s New York Times story about the fight for Catholic votes among the presidential candidates consists of warmed-over God-o-Meter posts from recent weeks. But the piece does include a warning to John McCain from Deal Hudson, George W. Bush’s chief Catholic outreach liaison: In fact, some conservatives worry that the war in Iraq,…

Barack Obama issued his welcome to the Pope last night. Hillary Clinton released hers just a few minutes ago: “We are blessed to receive a visit from His Holiness, Pope Benedict, to the United States this week. Not only is he the spiritual leader of America’s great Catholic community, he is a strong and effective…

Barack Obama was the first presidential candidate to issue a statement welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to the United States ahead of his arrival tomorrow: On behalf of our family, Michelle and I want to extend our warmest welcome to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI as he arrives for his historic apostolic journey to the United…

After a string of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s recent speaking engagements were cancelled, God-o-Meter wondered whether Barack Obama’s longtime minister had decided to lay low through November. Or, if he did speak publicly again during this election season, whether he’d say something controversial–lashing out at the way he’s been treated by the GOP/mainstream media/Hillary Clinton, perhaps–that…

Newsday rehashes the news about Obama’s stepped-up efforts to win Catholics in light of Hillary Clinton’s advantage among those voters, but adds the important point that this isn’t just a primary season problem for Obama: Catholics are among the most powerful swing voting blocs in American politics; they backed the winner in seven of the…

Religion Writer, a blogger and frequent God-o-Meter commenter, thought last night’s Compassion Forum with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton was “a little dull”: [A]fter all, how much new ground can be covered after the endless months of campaigning? Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek and co-host of the On Faith blog, tried to liven things up…

Sure, tonight’s Compassion Forum in at Messiah College featuring Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is being sponsored by a progressive group, Faith in Public Life. But the group says John McCain’s decision not to participate is not for lack its of trying. “Our allies had conversations at the highest levels of the McCain campaign,”…

A group of high-profile religious leaders supportive of Barack Obama has just released a letter to Hillary Clinton and John McCain defending Obama’s controversial remarks about small town Americans clinging to faith as a reaction to job losses. We applaud Senator Obama for saying something that many Christians contemplate every day. In our toughest times,…
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