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Is it just God-o-Meter that thinks Hillary and Obama are trying to out-church each other in South Carolina, with Clinton particularly nervous about Obama’s aggressive outreach in black churches? Just as the Obama camp is staging its controversial “gospel tour,” the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody happens to swing by Clinton’s South Carolina headquarters and…

After his lengthy meeting yesterday with Rudy Giuliani in his Senate office, Sam Brownback appears to be warming even more to the ex-Mayor, reports Politico: Standing just outside his Senate office suite next to Giuliani, Brownback, an ardent abortion opponent, said twice that he was “much more comfortable” with his former rival’s stance on what…

Sam Brownback wasn’t much of a presidential candidate, failing to shore up even the social conservatives who are his natural base, but his endorsement would be a jewel Rudy Giuliani’s crown. The Kansas senator would instantly become the highest-profile religious conservative in Giuliani’s camp. And his unimpeachable “pro-family” credentials could make it OK for other…

The New York Times Caucus blog reports that a prominent evangelical who had endorsed him is taking it back: The Rev. Don Wilton, who is the immediate past president of the Southern Baptist Convention in South Carolina, was one of an array of conservative endorsements the campaign had unveiled in the days leading up to…

Most Americans know it’s true, but God-o-Meter didn’t expect to hear it from a high-visibility culture warrior. In a USA Today column this morning, right-wing radio host Michael Medved argues that most Americans–and even many pro-life activists–are simultaneously pro-choice and anti-abortion, placing them squarely in the camp of (gasp!) Rudy Giuliani. The choice graphs: [A]nger…

While top-tier Christian Right leadership continues to withhold its blessing from Mike Huckabee, his rousing speech and ecstatic reception at last weekend’s Values Voter Summit is translating into some second-tier endorsements from the movement. From The New York Times Caucus Blog: Phil Burress, president of the Ohio-based Citizens for Community Values and member of the…

God-o-Meter is relieved that somebody finally said it. Amid all the clamoring by pundits–and some religious conservatives–for Mitt Romney to deliver a “Mormon” speech in the vein of JFK’s 1960 address about his Catholicism, a glaring discrepancy between the two politicians’ challenges has been ignored. The thrust of Kennedy’s speech was that his faith and…

After Focus on the Family’s James Dobson dissed Fred Thompson several weeks back, a handful of Christian Right leaders came to the former Tennessee Senator’s defense, suggesting all was not lost for him among the pro-family crowd. But The Washington Times reports that that at a meeting of activists at last weekend’s Values Voter Summit,…

When Face the Nation’s Bob Schieffer asked Mitt Romney yesterday whether questions about his Mormonism were fair game (video here) Romney nodded in agreement: “I have no problem with that. I’m not going to try to distance myself in any way, shape, or from my church…. I accept the teachings of my church and do…

It wasn’t just that Giuliani showed up at the Values Voter Summit to address the religious conservatives that he’s mostly ignored till now that God-o-Meter is raising his rating. It’s that he made it seem like he really wanted to be here. A Family Research Council aide griped afterward that he went 15 minutes over…
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