The Obama campaign has been pointing reporters to the new Barna Group study showing that Obama leads among 17 of 18 faith groups. True enough, and if that holds, that would be very good news for Obama. But the study also showed Obama has been slipping noticeably with key groups: During the past two months,…

Oh dear. Jim Corsi, author of the new anti-Obama book that’s already hit the top of the bestseller list, apparently has an internet altar ego with some rather dramatic views. According to Media Matters, Corsi posted on FreeRepublic.com as “jrlc”: On Catholics and the Pope “Boy buggering in both Islam and Catholicism is okay with…

Much attention has been given the “celebrity” ad showing Obama alongside the paragons of ditzyness (Britney Speers and Paris Hilton). But some are arguing that it’s a second ad that will go down in the record books as an all time low – in part because it stokes fears that Obama is, literally, the anti-Christ.Here’s…

As I was putting together my pieces on the “faith factor” and the vice presidential candidates I found surprised myself. The logic of my own analysis pointed to two men I was not much thinking about. Obama will chose Joe Biden. I must say, if I’d drawn up a veep list a few list a…

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