Election 2008: What’s At Stake?

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Waning Influence of Colorado Springs Evangelicals

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Anti-abortion activists rally against Sen. Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in August (Getty Images)
Salon’s Mike Madden visited the New Life megachurch in Colorado Springs on Sunday and found the political energy muted. The evangelical Christians he spoke with were lukewarm on McCain (though excited about Sarah Palin) and appeared to be bracing for [...]

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Evangelicals Contemplating Obama

July 11th, 2008 · No Comments

At one evangelical college in Santa Barbara, CA, a small group of faculty and staff supporting presidential candidate Barack Obama are preparing for challenging conversations in their community as they look ahead to the fall semester.
Several faculty and staff members of Westmont College hosted an “Evangelicals for Obama” meeting on June 28 to foster “a [...]

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