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Joshua DuBois: Director Of Office Of Faith-Based And Neighborhood Partnerships

Huffington Post | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE (2/09): Joshua DuBois has officially been appointed to lead President Obama's Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. From the pr...

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Transcendental Invocation: Surprise Me, Rick Warren!

Adele Stan | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Saddleback Forum, Holocaust, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren, Obama Transition, Saddleback Church, Invocation, Barack Obama, Politics News

The sage Todd Gitlin urges us to voice our complaint and move on. But moving on doesn't move me. I want my transcendent moment. First, it seems, I'll have to transcend my damn self.

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Obama's Not Specific Enough? Gimme a Break

Linda Bergthold | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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Maybe we are not interested in learning this stuff, or maybe TV is just the wrong medium for transmitting serious information.

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McCain's 'Gates Of Hell' Rhetoric 'Equal Parts Incoherent And False'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

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Over at the Cato Institute's blog, Jim Harper argues that McCain's "I'll follow bin Laden to the Gates Of Hell" rhetoric at the Saddleback Forum gave ...

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Obama Attacks McCain's Elitist Millionaire Mindset

Ari Melber | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Obama personally hammered this point in a New Mexico town hall this week -- the campaign is now circulating a 40-second clip of Obama ridiculing McCain's elitism.

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Democrats Let McCain Off Hook on "Cone of Silence"

Tom Hayden | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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If McCain was indeed in an automobile, if he was not in a "cone of silence", how will we ever know whether he cheated, perhaps with the help of staff?

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Losing My Religion

Keli Goff | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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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.

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If Only Life Was Like Jeopardy and You Got the Answers First

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Dana Bash's comparison of the Saddleback performances was all wrong. John Kerry and Al Gore did not lose because they were nuanced, or because George Bush was clear-headed.

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From "Nuanced" to Principled: The Lessons of Pastor Rick, and Why and How Obama and the Democrats Should Make Abortion a Voting Issue

Drew Westen | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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If Democrats continue to parry Republican war cries of "baby killer" or continue to couch the debate in terms of life vs. choice, they do indeed have something to worry about.

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Saddleback: A Watershed Moment?

Mark Joseph | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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Obama's performance at Saddleback can be blamed on strategic mistake his campaign made by scheduling such an important event so close to the end of his Hawaiian vacation. His mind was elsewhere.

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DNC Hits McCain For $5 Million Remark, Day After Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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Democratic operatives were quick to jump on the one major McCain slip up from Saturday's Saddleback forum: the off-the-cuff remark that $5 million was...

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Surprise: Evangelical Women May Have Gone For Obama At Saddleback

Christine Wicker | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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Fact is, evangelical women make up one out of every five women having abortions. And the true number is certainly higher than that because many evangelicals aren't going to claim their faith on abortion clinic forms.

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Senator John Complain

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 09.18.2008 | Media

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The fact still is that Senator McCain and his campaign lied to a pastor, by agreeing to rules and breaking them, and not telling him until after the fact.

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Laughable: How McCain Abuses The Humor Card

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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The comedy stylings of John McCain can fall awkwardly on the ear. From rape jokes to casual ditties about bombing Iran, the Arizonan's affinity for of...

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The Evangelical Cure For Blackness

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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U.S. racial history doesn't begin and end with Martin Luther King. The Jesus whom black slaves were taught to worship and submit to was unquestionably white, as was God the Father who begat him.

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Bill Kristol Quietly Revises Column On 'Cone Of Silence'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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The New York Times' Kit Seelye is backing up NBC's Andrea Mitchell, who reported on Sunday the contention that John McCain may not have been in the "c...

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Did McCain Steal His "Cross in the Dirt" Story at the Saddleback Forum From Solzhenitsyn?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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Did McCain lie in a church this weekend in an attempt to kiss-up to Evangelicals who are already very concerned about his bona fides on faith and religion?

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Rick Warren's Chat with Obama & McCain

Mark Joseph | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

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Overall, neither candidate made major mistakes, but McCain, perhaps sensing a more receptive crowd, seemed more at ease, tossing out one-liners while Obama seemed sedate at times.

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