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Huck’s Army Threatens a Mutiny 08/15/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Mike Huckabee may not have had the most supporters during the Republican primaries, but he certainly had the most vocal supporters.  From the get-go, Huckabee secured the support of the Religious …

Religious Right Leaders Bash Obama, Abortion Rights at "Non-Political” Event 08/15/2008 by Peter Montgomery A group of national Religious Right leaders used a press conference held in Washington the day before The Call – a “non-political” youth prayer …

Right Tries to Horn In On Saddleback Event 08/14/2008 by Kyle Mantyla If there is one thing Religious Right activists apparently can’t stand, it’s forums on the role of faith in public life that they don’t control.  As we noted earlier this week , Tony …

How Does McCain Prove Himself to Conservatives? Judges 08/13/2008 by Kyle Mantyla As we noted last week , whenever John McCain finds himself in a situation where he needs to discuss his faith in order to appease the Religious Right, he relies on a story …

Brody Hits The Big Time 08/13/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Over the last year or so, David Brody of Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network has gone from a complete unknown to a regular panelist on “ Meet the Press .” And now it looks as if he is about to …

The Right’s Half-Hearted Support For McCain 08/12/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Matt Taibbi, fresh off his time undercover at John Hagee’s church, returns to the pages of Rolling Stone to chronicle John McCain’s on-going struggle to win over the Christian Right . …

McCain Won’t Talk About, But Will Write About It 08/08/2008 by Kyle Mantyla One of the standard defenses John McCain’s surrogates deliver when the topic of his faith comes up is that while he is “ deeply faithful ,” he is also “ a very private man ”  who …

Kern Dubs Herself "Warrior for Judeo-Christian Values' 08/06/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Oklahoma state legislator Sally Kern first came to national attention back in March when an audio clip of her declaring that the "homosexual agenda is destroying this …

Burress Predicts McCain Will “Reverse Himself” on Stem-Cell Research 08/05/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Back in June, when John McCain met with right-wing activists in Ohio, McCain was told in no uncertain terms that “he needs to talk about marriage” and just one …

Right Set to Converge on GOP Convention 07/31/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that right-wing activists were preparing for a fight at the Republican Convention in Minnesota in September: Conservative activists are …