Posted by Greg on July 16th, 2008 | Categorized as Faith, McCain, Religion
Tensions are heating up among politically-minded Catholic activists after a group of left-leaning Catholics today publicly asked Sen. John McCain to boot a faith adviser who resigned from the Bush-Cheney campaign in 2004 because of allegations he sexually harassed a college student.
“Deal Hudson is not the type of Catholic leader you want publicly associated with [...]
Posted by Greg on July 1st, 2008 | Categorized as Faith, Religion
Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans that would expand President Bushs program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and - in a move sure to cause controversy - support their ability to hire and fire based on faith.
Link:My Way News
Posted by Greg on June 24th, 2008 | Categorized as Faith
As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of the movement’s biggest names, James Dobson, accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a “fruitcake interpretation” of the Constitution.
Link:My Way News
Posted by Greg on June 21st, 2008 | Categorized as Faith, Grassroots, Religion
With the Democratic presidential nomination in his grasp, Sen. Barack Obama is making a full-throttle push for centrist evangelicals and Catholics.
It’s a move that’s caught some conservative evangelicals off guard. They say they are surprised and dismayed to see a liberal-minded politician attempting to conscript their troops. At the same time, they say that Sen. [...]
Posted by Greg on May 2nd, 2008 | Categorized as Faith, On the Trail, Polls
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 30% of the nation’s Likely Voters believe Barack Obama denounced his former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright, because he was outraged. Most—58%–say he denounced the Pastor for political convenience. The survey was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday night. Obama made his statements about Wright on Tuesday.
Link:Rasmussen Reports™
Posted by Greg on April 29th, 2008 | Categorized as Faith, On the Trail
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright couldn’t have done more damage to Barack Obama’s campaign if he had tried. And you have to wonder if that’s just what one friend of Wright wanted.
Shortly before he rose to deliver his rambling, angry, sarcastic remarks at the National Press Club Monday, Wright sat next to, and chatted with, Barbara [...]
Posted by Greg on April 28th, 2008 | Categorized as Faith
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright said Monday that he will try to chance national policy by “coming after” Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) if he is elected president.
The pastor also insisted Obama “didn’t denounce” him and “didn’t distance himself” from Wright’s controversial remarks, but “did what politicians do.”
Wright implied Obama still agrees with him by saying: “He [...]
Posted by Greg on April 16th, 2008 | Categorized as Economy, Ethics, Faith, Grassroots, Rural, Technology, Veterans
Older voters gravitate to Hillary Clinton because they’re too wise to be fooled by Barack Obama’s rhetoric, former president Bill Clinton told Pennsylvania voters today.
Link:Boston.com
OH really Bill,… you must have missed this headline..
Obama Dominates Clinton Among College Graduates
http://tinyurl.com/5eg2z9
National Democrats remain strongly divided by education as to their preferences for their [...]
Posted by Greg on April 14th, 2008 | Categorized as Faith, Opponents
Democrat Barack Obama lashed out Sunday at rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, mocking her vocal support for gun rights and saying her record in the Senate and as first lady belied her stated commitment to working class voters and their concerns.
“She knows better. Shame on her. Shame on her,” Obama told an audience at a union [...]