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Article: Crises of faith; Lexington.(Religion and)(Barack Obama, John McCain)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2008
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Both Barack Obama and John McCain have problems with religion
FEW Democrats have seemed more comfortable talking about God than Barack Obama has. And yet few, if any, have had more problems with God at the ballot box--from rumours that he is a Muslim to doubts among Catholic and Jewish voters to repeated "pastor eruptions".
This is a serious worry for the Democrats as they gird their loins for the general election. Four years ago the party finally grasped what should have been obvious for years: that running as a secular party in a highly religious country is a recipe for defeat. George Bush not only beat John Kerry by huge margins among "values voters". ...