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Rush Limbaugh’s surprising claim that Barack Obama is “not black” and “not African American” (he’s Arab!) brought some persuasive counter theories to the fore, including this from reader “kbhvac”: “O’bama is really Irish. That is why he praised his republican kinsman Ronald Reagan…. His favorite breakfast cereal is, you guessed it. Lucky Charms. Just look…

The ABCNews poll is a bit “out there” in projecting a nine point lead for Obama. But putting aside the overall horserace number, two stats jump out at me. Yes, a lot of this is driven by the economy but there’s been a stunning change in just two weeks on the question of who is…

Remember all the talk about how evangelicals are broadening their agenda to include other issues like the environment and poverty? Well, they may be focusing more on those issues – and one survey says they are more green-conscious — but that doesn’t mean they’ve gotten more liberal in their politics on these issues. A stunning…

One of the leading myths about the 2004 election is that George W. Bush won mostly because of massive support from evangelicals. Support of evangelicals wouldn’t have been nearly enough without his big victory among conservative Catholics and mainline Protestants. In the last few elections, we’ve seen the birth of a “Religious Conservative Alliance” that…
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