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Why did Romney put the kibosh on Super-PAC plan to bash Obama via Jeremiah Wright?

Last week, the NY Times reported on a “super-secret” GOP plan to bash Obama via Jeremiah Wright, the black liberation theology-fueled pastor whose church the Obamas attended for 20 years. Then Mitt Romney came out against the plan publicly. Why?

May 20, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Backdoor Endorsement: Liberty U. Chancellor Falwell gives Romney a boost

May 16, 2012 1 Comment

It seems Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. just can’t help himself when it comes to political endorsements.

Gay conservative groups attack Obama for marriage equality announcement

May 9, 2012 1 Comment

After he came out in favor of marriage equality for gays and lesbians, gay conservative groups Log Cabin Republicans and GOProud attacked the President for his announcement.

Tuesday’s primaries — results

May 8, 2012 No Comment

In a shocking turn of events, Mitt Romney has won all three GOP primaries! Oh, wait. That’s not much of a shock, is it? Oh, and Lugar lost his race, and Barrett won his.

Four primaries tonight

May 8, 2012 1 Comment

There will be three GOP primaries tonight. We can safely assume Mitt Romney will win all three . . . but there are matters other than the Presidential nominee to be settled this evening, including a Democratic primary.

Fischer Calls Out Romney: ‘How Is He Going to Stand Up to North Korea if He Can Be Pushed around by a Yokel Like Me?’

May 7, 2012 No Comment

American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer poked fun at Mitt Romney today on Focal Point following the resignation of Richard Grenell, an openly gay Romney spokesman on security issues who Fischer and other Religious Right leaders wanted ouste…

Hailing Gay Spokesman’s Resignation, Religious Right Keeps up the Pressure on Romney

May 3, 2012 2 Comments

Following the resignation of openly gay Romney campaign foreign policy spokesman Richard Grenell, who was roundly criticized by conservative activists for his sexual orientation, the Romney campaign has tried to spin the issue by saying that his resign…

Romney leads the Religious Right’s war on the “religion of secularism”

April 26, 2012 2 Comments

Ron Perlstein tackles–and even explains the mechanics of–the Religious Right’s war on “secularism”, as put forth yet again by presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney.

Mixing religion and politics

April 19, 2012 No Comment

It seems a bit odd that a Mormon and a Catholic (two Catholics, until recently) are the leading presidential candidates in a Republican party dominated by Protestant evangelicals. Unfortunately, this is not a sign of the religious diversity espoused by presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in 1960, when he assured Protestant ministers in Houston that he believed in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.