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McCain and Obama Head to Saddleback
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The two candidates will gather at Rick Warren’s Saddle Back Church Saturday for a forum on faith, set to begin at 8 pm ET.
The event will air live from Lake Forest, California on CNN.
Each candidate speaks to the Evangelical leader for approximately one hour; a coin flip has Obama going first. McCain will not be able to hear Obama’s conversation before going on stage.
What to watch for: Warren plans on asking questions about their personal lives. ...
Early Word: Articles of Faith
The Caucus —
... in Hawaii, as both he and his opponent, Senator John McCain, head to the Saddleback Church in California for tomorrow night’s two-hour long discussion with the Rev. Rick Warren. Each candidate will be posed questions by Mr. Warren, the author of “The Purpose-Driven Life;” Mr. Obama will go first, and apparently Mr. McCain won’t be able to hear those answers and will appear second, facing some of the same queries as his rival. David Brody, of the Christian Broadcasting Network, interviewed Mr. Warren, who said, “I’m going to ask them questions about character, competence, ...
Obama, McCain Will Appear at Faith Forum
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... However, in an interview with David Brody, Warren suggests he'll also ask both candidates about personal issues each has had to deal with. Expect questions on McCain's marriages and Obama's past drug use. ...
Obama, McCain And Rick Warren: Calculations At The Intersection Of Faith And Power
Firedoglake —
... McCain and their parties actually think about abortion and "family values."
The funniest though comes from David Waters at On Faith, who frets that pastors shouldn't be involved in political events. Geez louise, where has he been since the Reagan Administration? Runner-up just may be Sally Quinn's request that Warren ask the candidates about compromising values to attain power and prominence. (Pot, this is kettle.)
Word is that Warren will be asking both candidates about their "personal lives."
Warren ...
Rick Warren plans to get personal with McCain, Obama
Top of the Ticket —
... The evangelical leader and author told David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network that he will ask the presumptive Republican and Democratic presidential nominees "questions about character, competence, about values, vision, virtue, about their convictions in leadership, about their experience. And I'm going to deal with their personal life because character matters. Their personal life does matter as a leader. God says so." ...
Remainders: 'Hell Yes Y'All Can'
Ben Smith's Blog —
Heritage praises Obama’s tax plan.
Rick Warren plans to get personal.
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FactCheck doesn't buy parts of his DHL ad.
Candidate planes may provide VP clues.
Hillary Clinton’s 2006 primary opponent blames it on Iraq.
McCain sticks up for ABBA.
Bill Sali wants to drill everywhere — literally.
Meet ...
Remainders: Pickens!
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
President Bush is almost a billion-dollar man.
USA Today previews Rick Warren’s candidate forum.
And Warren teases the event with Brody File
Yet another sign of how conservatives are more anti-Obama than pro-McCain: TownHall is pushing ‘Nobama’ signs and stickers.
Obama gets some Heritage love.
Pete Wehner condemns Corsi.
Jason Zengerle spots an omission from the DNC’s veep hit list.
Michigan Dems voice Kilpatrick concerns. ...
Open thread: McCain and Obama at the Saddleback forum
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... so I won’t be watching, but we’ll have video later if anything interesting gets said. Which isn’t as unlikely as she suggests, actually: Warren has promised to “deal with their personal life,” which in the case of his ...
