by Donald E. Miller
Q: Where do the candidates stand in relation to religion? How is that trickling down to the voters?
A: ... ~ Barack Obama is kind of a carbon copy of Martin Luther King Jr., in terms of his speech delivery. There certainly are lots of resonances with the black church tradition when one listens to Obama.
~ Hillary Clinton - she is a good Methodist. I actually know one of her former Sunday school teachers, and religion has been an important part of Clinton's life. She is able to utilize that reservoir when appropriate; however, certainly not to the same extent as a Mike Huckabee.
~ Huckabee wears his religion on his sleeve, which is what attracts the evangelical vote. At the same time, this overt religiosity frightens many people, even more than Mitt Romney's Mormonism did when he was still in the race.
~ John McCain: Those on the extreme right of the Republican Party don't find John McCain sufficiently religious or sufficiently an advocate of their views, particularly on the issues of abortion and immigration. Whether McCain can turn out the right wing of the Republican Party in the general election may be a crucial question in the outcome. More ...
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