Rick Santorum apparently wasn’t the first to say Obama wasn’t a real Christian. Conservative columnist Cal Thomas said that because Obama, in an interview with Chicago Sun-Times columnist Cathleen Falsani, left open the possibility that someone might go to heaven without believing in Christ as savior: Obama can call himself anything he likes, but there…

Pity the poor person of faith who signs up to be a religious advisor to a political campaign, especially the Democrats. Their theology, board memberships, friends and colleagues will be scrutinized as if they’re Cabinet Secretaries. For those keeping score, here is the current list of targets and casualties for this election and the past:…

As John McCain and Barack Obama get close to choosing their running mates, they are weighing numerous factors: region (do they help carry a pivotal state?), expertise (strong where the nominee is weak?) and ideology (do they help with independents? Or the base of the party?). This year, to a degree rarely seen, they are…

Obama is trying to get moderate and liberal evangelicals to switch sides. More important, he is trying to win centrist Catholics, and appears to be doing a bit better with that group than John Kerry had. That’s why quite a number of his rumored VP picks are Catholic. Tim Kaine – Besides helping with a…

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