Obama Evangelicals

Does the Left Understand the Faithful?

Peter Henne | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


Peter Henne

Progressive Christians will never whole-heartedly embrace Democrats as long we feel the need to justify our faith during waves of Left-Right tensions over religious symbols.

Conservative Evangelical: Obama Told Me To Speak Out When I Disagreed With Him

CBN | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics


Dr. Frank Page, one of the most conservative Evangelicals on President Obama's Faith council has been very frank in his assessment of President Obama'...

White House To Meet With Conservative Evangelical Groups

CBN | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics


The Brody File has learned that conservative Evangelical groups will meet with the head of the White House Faith-Based Office on Tuesday. Concerned W...

Obama Made Gains Among GOP Base Of White Evangelical Voters

New York Times | LAURIE GOODSTEIN | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


President-elect Barack Obama succeeded in chiseling off small but significant chunks of white evangelical voters who have been the foundation of the R...

Evangelical Leaders Using God Like a Hired Gun

Christine Wicker | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home


Christine Wicker

The evangelical Christian mullahs are declaring that Obamageddon is at hand. One warned that people who hate Christianity will take over the country if Obama is elected. "Life as we know it will end!"

Losing My Religion

Keli Goff | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics


Keli Goff

Maybe after years of watching the seemingly endless hypocrisy of those who claimed to be legislating in God's name, younger evangelicals are ready to take matters into their own hands.

Obama Won At Saddleback, In the Eyes Of This Evangelical

Lisa Koperski | Posted 09.19.2008 | Home


Lisa Koperski

As an evangelical Christian, I am shocked by the responses to the faith forum. I think Obama showed that he is truly a person of faith. McCain, on the other hand, appeared superficial.

Rick Warren: Obama Probably Can't Win Evangelicals

BeliefNet | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics


In an interview with God-o-Meter on the day after his Saddleback Civil Forum with John McCain and Barack Obama, Rev. Rick Warren sounded pretty dubiou...

God Against Obama: Dobson, Osteen, Corsi, the Evangelicals Strike Again

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

Because they have no better answer, Evangelicals are just out to stop Obama, America's best chance for a fresh start in a world grown understandably sick of us.

Sneak Peak: Obama's Outreach To Young Evangelicals

David Brody | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


In early August, the Obama campaign will launch a new effort aimed at bringing young Evangelicals together in support of Barack Obama. This effort was...

Obama, God And Governance

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Through his unabashed Christian faith, Obama is redefining the American Dream. His vision is one of individual freedom but tempered by obligation. Obama is pious and he is going to put us on a national diet.

Christian Group Wants Obama To Be Known As "The Abortion President"

CBN | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


Oh my. The fight against Barack Obama on abortion has officially begun. The Christian Defense Coalition, who are known to shock folks from time to tim...

Obama Must Be Doing Something Right: He's Got The Fundamentalists of the Left and Right Upset

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

Obama's America is not about ideological vindication. Obama is not about progressive Americans "winning" or centrists winning. Obama is about American winning.

Franklin Graham to Obama: Are You A Muslim? (And How Obama Courted Hagee's Publisher)

Max Blumenthal | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Max Blumenthal

On June 10, Barack Obama convened a meeting in a law office in downtown Chicago with a wide array of about thirty evangelical leaders, in an unprecedented effort to win their support.

Obama's Outreach To Christian Left

Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Obama's high-profile speech on religion was only one part of his effort to bring evangelicals over to the Democratic party, CNN reports: Obama's ou...

Obama Vows To Expand Bush's Faith-Based Programs

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics


** UPDATE BELOW: OBAMA CAMPAIGN REJECTS AP REPORT ** CHICAGO — Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Oba...

Obama Launching "Joshua Generation Project"

The Brody File | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


The Brody File has learned that in the next two weeks Barack Obama's campaign will unveil a major new program to attract younger Evangelicals and Cath...

McCain, Obama Battle Over Wary Evangelical Voters

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


*** UPDATES TO LIEBERMAN/OBAMA ENCOUNTER BELOW *** More than the last two elections, the religious vote is up for grab between John McCain and Barack...

Religious Right Figure Gets Chills: Obama Could Win 40 Percent Of Evangelicals

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics


"With clients like Focus on the Family, Franklin Graham, and Campus Crusade for Christ, Mark DeMoss may be the most prominent public relations executi...

Huckabee On The Next Republican Revolution

Will Mari | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home


Will Mari

"Today's Republicans want to cut taxes. Elderly people don't get drugs. Kids go without education and healthcare. But prisons expand. Who's paying? That's not conservative. It's not American. It doesn't fly."

Obama Using Cross Flyer In Kentucky

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics


CBN's David Brody reports on a new Obama flyer in Kentucky showing the candidate in front of a large illuminated cross: I have been telling Brody Fil...

New Email Smear: Obama The "Antichrist"

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


You knew the viral smear emails were headed this way, and a reader sends it along, courtesy of a relative in Syracuse: One of the standard anti-Obama ...