2008 Election and Religion

Obama's Faith-Based Plan

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

My relationship with the Bush White House ended after my public criticism of the path to war in Iraq. Yet I continued to support the idea and promise of the faith-based initiative.

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MSNBC Opens The Door On Hillary's Participation In The Family

Steven G. Brant | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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Steven G. Brant

I hope Andrea Mitchell and her fellow reporters at the other networks will work hard to help us all learn what The Family is and why Hillary is so involved in this group.

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A New Divinely Ordained President: The Hand of God or the Silence of the Press?

Lisa Gans | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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Lisa Gans

Clinton has refused requests by the press for interviews about her membership in The Fellowship. But clearly, she is not as scrupulous about her association with religious figures in her life as she claimed.

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Blab It, Grab It: Why Evangelicals are Finally as Mad as Hell

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 03.25.2008 | Home

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

McCain is walking into the buzzsaw of denouncing the evangelical community again. Walking away this time is going to be more difficult than he anticipates.

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What Barack Obama Could Not (and Should Not) Say

Sam Harris | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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Sam Harris

Like every candidate, Obama must appeal to millions of voters who believe that without religion, most of us would spend our days raping and killing our neighbors and stealing their pornography.

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Different Standards for Black and White Preachers

Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

If it's not racism that's causing the disparity in media treatment of these preachers, then what is it?

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The McCain Sex Scandal: A Second Look

David Wallechinsky | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

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David Wallechinsky

Rather than the Vicki Iseman story hurting McCain, it actually helped him in vital ways.

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So What If Obama Were a Muslim?

Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

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Eve Tahmincioglu

The tone in the press makes it sound like Obama possibly being a Muslim would be on par with screwing around behind his wife's back, or being a pedophile.

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McCain Has to Get Right With the Conservative God

Chris McGowan | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

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Chris McGowan

McCain will have to get right with God, and by that I don't mean the more tolerant, less politically involved deity of Catholics and mainline Protestants. I am referring to the God of Pat Robertson.

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Barack Obama's Gospel of Unity

Jeffrey Robbins | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

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Jeffrey Robbins

To the extent that the message of religious tolerance has been heard is to our nation's credit. Obama's task, however, has always been different.

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Did Mike Huckabee Seduce Me?

Linda Keenan | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

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Linda Keenan

I'll admit I had a soft spot for Huck, stemming directly from recent experience with another army of Southern Baptists who undeniably helped save my sanity.

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Huckabee: Amend Constitution To Be In 'God's Standards'

Raw Story | David Edwards and Muriel Kane | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

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The United States Constitution never uses the word "God" or makes mention of any religion, drawing its sole authority from "We the People." However, R...

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Jason Linkins

Campaign AdWatch: McCain's Christmas Message, Now 50% More Crucifixiony!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

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Hey America! Have you opened your Christmas card from John McCain, yet? If not, then: SPOILER ALERT! McCain's message to the nation this Christmas ...

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No Guns for Women in Iraq: Another Win on the Road to Theocracy

Zack Arnstein | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

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Zack Arnstein

Cheers to Iraq on a baby step towards an extremist religious dictatorship and cheers to us for helping them along the way.

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Clinton Volunteer Asked to Resign

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign on Sunday requested the resignation of a second Iowa volunteer coordinator who forwarded a ...

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Romney's Religious Vision for All?

Stanley Kutler | Posted 12.09.2007 | Politics

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Stanley Kutler

Jack Kennedy had an eye for history; Romney has only a tin ear. Kennedy de-emphasized the role of religion in politics; Romney only wants to amplify it.

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The Religion of Mike Huckabee

Stanley Kutler | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

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Stanley Kutler

Huckabee deserves serious, probing questions. It is inadequate to merely label him as the man of and for social conservatives. Have we ever learned what "compassionate conservatism" means?

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Heaven's Slate

Bob Franken | Posted 10.02.2007 | Politics

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Bob Franken

There has already been far too much focus on religion in this election cycle. I thought JFK settled all that nearly 50 years ago. Apparently not.

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