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Just because John McCain picked a socially conservative former Pentecostal as a running mate doesn’t mean he’s out of the woods with the Christian Right just yet. Family Research Council president Tony Perkins says he’s gotta stand by his woman as her faith is scrutinized: … The next few days, next couple of weeks will…

Writing in the comboxes of God-o-Meter’s post today taking the news media to task characterizing Joe Biden as a standard issue pro-choice advocate despite some pro-life votes, National Right to Life Committee Legislative Director Douglas Johnson writes: it is true that Biden’s record on a few pro-life issues is contrary to the positions that Senator…

On Sunday, Joe Biden raised a few eyebrows–and the hackles of the conservative pro-life establishment–by saying that his Catholic faith dictates his belief that life begins at conception during an interview on Meet the Press. The New York Times treated the interview as a “gap” story, about the conflict between Biden’s private religious views and…

Looking for a clip of Barack Obama’s answer on abortion during his interview yesterday on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, God-o-Meter just entered the terms “Obama This Week” on YouTube’s homepage. God-o-Meter found just a couple of clips of Obama discussing abortion. It found 22 clips, meanwhile of Obama’s faith gaffe on this week, in…

Responding in comments about God-o-Meter’s recent post on the same high proportion of weekly white church attenders supporting John McCain as backed George W. Bush in 2004, Spirirtual Politics’ Mark Silk links to his own post on the Gallup God gap poll: But there’s a shift in the swing group of those who say they…

Steve Waldman notes that after his year-and-a-half long campaign to target evangelicals and other cultural conservatives, Barack Obama is jeopardizing the outreach with a less-than-stellar appearance at Saddleback last month his new ads hitting McCain over his pro-life views.Obama’s interview yesterday on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos focused on the abortion issue only for…

McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin hasn’t made white religious voters any more likey to support him, at least not yet, Gallup reports. But religious whites were already supporting him by a more two-to-one margin over Barack Obama–the same margin that George W. Bush enjoyed over John Kerry–for months now. Again, God-o-Meter asks: what does Barack…

The new Rasmussen poll contains more evidence that Sarah Palin has appeal beyond the pro-life crowd: …[F]ollowing a Vice Presidential acceptance speech viewed live by more than 40 million people, Palin is viewed favorably by 58% of American voters. ….Perhaps most stunning is the fact that Palin’s favorable ratings are now a point higher than…

Spiritual Politics notes that the new CBS News poll shows that McCain’s support among white evangelicals has gotten a nice lift from convention week: 66% of white evangelicals are now backing McCain, up from 57% this weekend. Barack Obama’s evangelical support is down at 18-percent. That’s a smaller share of evangelical votes than John Kerry…

The strategy was audacious on its face. Picking a vice presidential candidate who would energize the GOP’s Christian Right base while also appealing to millions of independent voters, including lots of former Hillary Clinton supporters? Sounded impossible. Gallup is out with a new poll on the abortion issue that suggests the plan–McCain picking Palin–might not…
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