Posts Tagged ‘newt gingrich’
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Evangelicals voting in record numbers in GOP primaries
(RNS) Making up half of Republican primary voters, evangelicals appear to be turning out to support Rick Santorum's resurgent campaign in record numbers and are increasingly influencing the shape of the party.
Arts & Culture
Why is it so hard to do religion in prime time?
Many TV network executives, advertisers and producers would sell their souls to get the kind of audience God has. But giving religion a starring role in prime time? Not so much. Religion, God and spirituality have made cameos a...
Commentary and News
Santorum shows the Religious Right isn’t dead yet
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum bows in prayer during a campaign rally in Phoenix, Ariz. RNS photo courtesy Gage Skidmore. (RNS) Does Rick Santorum's Southern surge also herald the return of the Religious Right? Last J...
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Mainline Protestants up for grabs heading into November
They may not be as large as Catholics or as active as evangelicals, but white mainline Protestants have a big thing going for them this election cycle: they are divided, and possibly persuadable. That’s according to a new...
Commentary
The end of ‘compassionate conservatism’?
The Republican presidential candidates competing for the affections of Florida voters have plenty of labels with which to tar each other: Influence peddler. Failed politician. Cayman Islands account holder. Aspiring polygamist....
Commentary
Gingrich, Santorum’s racist remarks against African-Americans show spiritual defect
“Black people are so lazy. They need to get off the welfare and food stamps and get jobs.” Though that sounds like something Archie Bunker would’ve said back in the day, it’s actually the kind of stuff Gingrich people are accus...
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Poll: Preachy Politicians Turn Off Many Voters
If there’s one thing the fractious Republican field agrees on, it’s that personal religious devotion is central to their campaign message. Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and even Ron Paul stress their fai...
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Will evangelical endorsement fuel Santorum surge?
The Iowa caucuses revived Rick Santorum’s underdog presidential campaign. Now an influential assortment of Christian conservatives has moved to consecrate it. On Saturday, the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania sewed u...
Commentary
Newt Gingrich, the savior of the religious right?
And so it has come to this. Newt Gingrich, the career politician and millionaire “consultant” for the health care and mortgage industries, a twice-divorced and thrice-married convert to Catholicism, may be the last great hope o...
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Republican presidential candidates focus on economy during conference
Republican presidential candidates tried hard to win over Christian conservatives yesterday, the first day of the two-day Faith and Freedom Coalition conference, which brought together leading and influential Christian conserva...
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