usnews.com - 8/14/2008
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SAN FRANCISCO As John McCain and Barack Obama continue to fine-tune their platforms before this month's party conventions, a survey released this week has renewed debate in and out of the campaigns about the political leanings of a prominent and often misunderstood group of potential swing voters: Christians. Ever since George W. Bush rode a wave of "values" votes into the White House in 2000 ...
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Road to 270: Mississippi
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... ID edge in 2004, but given some lingering Democratic affiliation in name only from decades earlier, the true Republican edge is a bit wider. McCain can take heart from the fact that white Democrats went almost unanimously for Hillary Clinton in the primaries, reflecting a discomfort with Obama's skin color. On the religious front, although evangelicals’ response to McCain has been tepid compared with some other Republicans (and certainly George W. Bush), the Arizona senator enjoys a 61-17 lead nationally over Obama among evangelicals and Mississippi has the 4th highest ...
Obama, McCain And Rick Warren: Calculations At The Intersection Of Faith And Power
Firedoglake —
... peace, or the Golden Rule. Guess you can't successfully 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 ...
McCain’s God Gap
The Mahablog —
... My entirely subjective opinion is that Obama is the more genuinely religious of the two candidates. McCain is just going through the motions. This may be why most religious voters prefer Obama. ...
McCain’s God Gap
The Mahablog —
... My entirely subjective opinion is that Obama is the more genuinely religious of the two candidates. McCain is just going through the motions. This may be why most religious voters prefer Obama. ...
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Battleground: Polls, Social Security, Rove —
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A Pew poll yesterday found Obama leading McCain by just three points -- 46%-43%. It’s a downward trend in the poll for the presumptive Democratic nominee, who led McCain by eight points in June and five in July.
The New York Times checks out ...
McCain: Weaver continues to talk —
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Texas Monthly profiles ex-McCain adviser John Weaver, who continues to speak candidly about the state of McCain’s campaign. “[I]n our conversation, he made no effort to conceal his disagreement with the current strategy of attacking Obama. ‘They want ...
Obama, McCain Air Olympics Ads —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 8/14/2008
Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.
Barack Obama s presidential campaign today released the second ad to air during the Beijing Olympics. Advertising Age reported in July the Obama campaign made a hefty $5 million ad buy to air ...
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