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Steven Waldman

I’ll write more tomorrow about the day’s events which included a bunch of faith related events. It’s really quite striking how much more faith-related talk there is this time compared to 2004. I’m watching to the intro film about Michelle Obama. Forgive my stream of consciousness. A father who went to work every day even…

The Democrats opened the week with the first ever Interfaith worship service. I didn’t arrive in time but Progressive Revival’s Paul Raushenbush reports that the very first speaker, Charles Blake, declared himself to be a pro-life Democrat. A pro-life pastor opening a Democratic Party worship service? Makes the head spin. (One protester, who apparently hadn’t…

Get ready for another episode of, Is He a Bad Catholic? For a couple of decades now, Democrats who thought they would win over the Catholic vote by nominating Catholic politicians have been disappointed to learn that the Church views pro-choice Catholics as far worse than pro-choice Protestants. (See: Ferraro, Geraldine; Cuomo, Mario; Kerry, John,…

Below is a collection of the ratings of Joe Biden by various abortion-related groups. Here’s the bottom line: Biden is a pro-choice centrist on abortion. What does that mean? He votes consistently with the pro-choice forces on most matters, and is a strong supporter of Roe v. Wade — but he departed from pro-choice orthodoxy…

For those who don’t have time to read the full Christian Science Monitor piece on Joe Biden’s faith, here are the most salient parts. He went to high school at a Catholic boys school called Archmere, and goes to mass almost weekly. “I get comfort from carrying my rosary, going to mass every Sunday. It’s…

On August 13, I wrote: Obama will chose Joe Biden. I must say, if I’d drawn up a veep list a few list a few months ago, Biden wouldn’t have even made the top ten. He’s a Washington insider and a two-time failed presidential candidate who represents a safe Democratic state (Delaware). But here’s why…

Among the interesting bits in the new Pew poll is the finding that conservatives fear there’s too much religion in politics. In 2004, 30% said churches should stay out of politics. Now, 50% do. Among white evangelicals, the percentage jumped from 28% up to 39% Why? The cynical interpretation might be that conservatives don’t like…

I’ve got a fresh box of black flair pens, 17 pounds of batteries for various electrical devices, a digital camera the size of q-tip, and an oppressively large binder full of polling data. I’m ready to head to Denver for the Democratic convention on Sunday. The following week I’ll be at the Republican convention. At…

Jason Alexander? Dave Stewart explains his new music video, My American Prayer, from here:Despite the prayer-ful imagery — or maybe because of it — I don’t think this is nearly as successful as Yes We Can. What do you think?

I’d been wondering why on earth John McCain floated the idea of a pro-choice running mate such as Tom Ridge or Joe Lieberman. There’s no way he’s actually going to do that, so what was gained? Surely he can’t think that some pro-choice soccer mom is going to think, “well, he’s pro-life but if he’s…
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