GOP Loyalty Not a Given For Young Evangelicals - Huffington Post, White House '08

Early Word: Articles of Faith
The Caucus — ... life – because character matters. Their personal life does matter as a leader. God says so.” CNN plans to broadcast the session from 8 to 10 p.m. Eastern time. As a pretext to the session, billed as one of the few times the two candidates will be together — at least briefly — in a forum before the formal fall debates, several media outlets have teed up articles and discussions about religion and the candidates’ faith in recent days. For one, The Washington Post outlines the views of evangelical voters at a time when Democrats, including Mr. Obama, are making efforts to ...

Around the Web: 2008
The Corner on National Review Online — ... Evangelicals The Washington Times [image] Details Raising Taxes on Gains, Dividends The Wall Street Journal [image] Reaches 2 Million Donors The Boston Globe [image] Campaign Issues Rebuttal to Book's Claims Associated Press [image] [image] State of the Race As a Tribute, Democrats Will Place Clinton's Name in Nomination at the Convention The New York Times [image] Clinton to Get Roll-Call Vote at Nominating Convention The Washington Post [image] GOP Loyalty Not a Given For Young Evangelicals The Washington Post [image] Candidates Take ...

Obama, McCain And Rick Warren: Calculations At The Intersection Of Faith And Power
Firedoglake — ... fundraise on "love they neighbor" alone -- it must not poll well among the fire and brimstone brigades. But there are clouds on the megachurch horizons, with a lot of the flock feeling fleeced -- dropping out of politics altogether, suffering from "fetus fatigue" and feeling burned by manipulative promises that never came to pass. Add in increasing debate over the "God gap," with two new polls -- from Pew and Barna -- showing higher Christian support for Obama over McCain overall: ...

The Matthew 25 ad emphasizes Obama’s family, ‘Christian faith’
Political Animal — Regular readers may recall that I’ve taken an interest in the “Matthew 25 Network,” a new religious political action committee spearheaded by Mara Vanderslice, who served as director of religious outreach for Kerry-Edwards in 2004, and who has been active in encouraging Democratic candidates to discuss matters of spirituality more openly on the campaign trail. The group’s first ad was a radio spot, and the group unveiled its first TV ad today. While the first spot emphasized Obama’s religion, this one highlights Obama’s role as a family man (after, that is, a ...

Young Evangelical Backs Out of Giving Convention Opening Prayer
44 — Democratic Party Young Evangelical Backs Out of Giving Convention Opening Prayer By Krissah Williams Thompson The relationship Democrats are trying to forge with the faith community at their convention next week took a hit when a popular young evangelical backed out of their Monday night program. Cameron Strang, the 30-something editor of Relevant, a hip magazine about faith and culture, said on his blog that he has changed his mind about delivering the opening night convention prayer because he does not want to be seen as endorsing Sen. Barack Obama. Strang will still attend the convention, however, where he will speak on a panel. Strang is an anti-abortion Republican and the son of ...