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July 2008
- Evangelical Dobson Softens on McCain
  
  Associated Press | Jul 21, 08 2:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - James Dobson still won’t formally endorse John McCain, but the evangelical leader voiced support for the Republican candidate in a radio broadcast today, the AP reports. “Barack Obama contradicts and threatens everything I believe about the institution of the family and what is best for the nation,” Dobson said, forcing him “to reevaluate the candidacy of our only other choice.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • Election 2008 • abortion • evangelicals • Republican evangelicals • James Dobson • candidate • Christian conservatives
June 2008
- Obama Just Wants Evangelicals Not to Fear Him
  
  Slate | Jun 27, 08 2:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama’s plan to cut the Democrats' evangelical deficit (68%-30% in 2000, 78-21% in '04)? Convince the religious right he’s not the devil. That’s a “radically different” course from the one taken by John Kerry and Al Gore, what Jeff Greenfield, on Slate, calls a “reassurance strategy”—“in effect, ‘OK, don’t vote for me; but you have nothing to fear from me.’” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • evangelicals • Catholicism • Ronald Reagan • John F. Kennedy • James Dobson • the religious vote
- Evangelical Dobson Slams Obama
  
  Associated Press | Jun 24, 08 12:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - One of the country's most prominent evangelical leaders says Barack Obama is "distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view," the AP reports. Focus on the Family head James Dobson recorded an 18-minute screed that was released ahead of his radio show today, accusing Obama of “dragging biblical understanding through the gutter.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • abortion • radio • evangelicals • Bible • Constitution • James Dobson • Focus on the Family
February 2008
- Young Evangelicals Shifting Left
  
  ABC News | Feb 11, 08 5:55 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Young evangelicals are dropping hot-button GOP issues like abortion and gay marriage to embrace less controversial causes, a new survey says. Internet porn, liberal media, and AIDS orphans now top their political hot list, and many young evangelicals who still rank abortion as number one also pick Barack Obama—a pro-choice candidate—for president. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • climate change • abortion • evangelicals • James Dobson • Pat Robertson • Rick Warren • Pew Research Center
- Key Evangelical Leader to Endorse Huckabee
  
  Associated Press | Feb 8, 08 4:41 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - One of the most influential Evangelical Christian leaders in the nation is expected today to endorse Mike Huckabee, providing a major boost to his campaign among conservatives, AP reports. James Dobson, founder of Colorado's Focus on the Family organization, has never before endorsed a Republican presidential candidate during a primary campaign. Dobson has grabbed national headlines with a number of controversial comments, including linking stem cell research to Nazi medical experiments and implying that the cartoon character Sponge Bob Square Pants is gay. More »
  
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  Election 2008 • Mitt Romney • Mike Huckabee • endorsement • Republican candidates • evangelicals • James Dobson • Focus on the Family
- Can the Right Grin and Bear Him?
  
  New York Times | Feb 1, 08 3:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - As John McCain assumes the GOP frontrunner position, can right-wingers look past the maverick's previously unacceptable positions on immigration, gay marriage, campaign finance, tax cuts, and global warming?Some of them are warming up in a hurry, reports the New York Times . “He has moved in the right direction strongly and forcefully on taxes,” said antitax lobbyist Grover Norquist. More »
  
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  John McCain • conservative • Rush Limbaugh • James Dobson • Grover Norquist
December 2007
- WH Told to Reveal Visitor List
  
  Associated Press | Dec 17, 07 7:36 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Who stops by the White House or Dick Cheney's place is a matter of public record, a district court judge ruled today, blocking the Bush administration's attempts to keep visitor logs sealed. Liberal watchdogs had argued the information is covered by the Freedom of Information Act, while President Bush had ordered the records turned over to the White House—which now has 20 days to open records. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Bush administration • White House • James Dobson • Jerry Falwell • Freedom of Information Act • Gary Bauer • White House visitors
- Norris Credited With Huck Boost
  
  Newsweek | Dec 5, 07 1:55 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Like the last shrewd Arkansas politician before him, Mike Huckabee isn't discounting the punch of star power—particularly when it's coming from martial arts tough guy Chuck Norris. Seriously, says N ewsweek’s Howard Fineman. Not only did the action hero provide needed publicity, but he’s a known born-again Christian conservative who’s sought Bible study in public schools. More »
  
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  Mike Huckabee • endorsement • Iowa caucus • Conan O'Brien • James Dobson • Christian conservatives • Focus on the Family • Chuck Norris • Walker, Texas Ranger
October 2007
- Blackwater CEO Thick as Thieves With Bush, Christian Right
  
  Salon | Oct 2, 07 2:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The CEO of embattled Blackwater USA has deep ties to the GOP and the religious right, beginning with a college internship in the first Bush White House. Erik Prince’s security firm's federal contracts have grown from under $1 million in 2001 to over $1 billion today, and he's made personal donations of $300,000 to Republicans and their causes, Salon reports. More »
  
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  Dick Cheney • Blackwater • religious right • George H. W. Bush • Donald Rumsfeld • James Dobson • Jerry Falwell • Erik Prince • Focus on the Family • Family Research Council
- Christian Right Seeks Rudy Alternative
  
  Los Angeles Times | Oct 1, 07 5:17 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The religious right’s failure to coalesce around anyone in the GOP’s top presidential tier could throw the party’s nomination to socially liberal Rudy Giuliani, the Los Angeles Times reports. By favoring unrealistic candidates such as Brownback and Huckabee, and doubting the conservative zeal of Romney and Thompson, they leave the door open for the thrice-married former mayor. More »
  
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  Mitt Romney • Rudy Giuliani • Mike Huckabee • GOP • Fred Thompson • religious right • James Dobson • Sam Brownback
September 2007
- Thompson Losing Evangelicals
  
  Politico | Sep 27, 07 12:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Fred Thompson, once the longed-for alternative to a field of uninspiring GOP candidates, didn't get through his campaign's first official month before the religious right started jumping ship, Politico reports. Thompson's refusal to back a gay marriage ban, past lobbying for an abortion-rights group, and refusal to talk religion has conservatives scrambling to find a different candidate to stop frontrunner Rudy Giuliani's nomination. More »
  
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  Republicans • religion • gay marriage • Fred Thompson • evangelicals • religious right • Republican evangelicals • James Dobson • Republican voters • Focus on the Family
June 2007
- Anti-abortion Groups Split by Late-Term Ban
  
  Washington Post | Jun 4, 07 7:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The recent Supreme Court ruling against partial-birth abortions has ignited a battle among anti-abortion groups, the Washington Post reports. The bickering highlights a divide between groups working for a wholesale ban and those seeking limits. In newspaper ads, a religious coalition ripped the ruling as "wicked" and slammed longtime ally James Dobson of Focus on the Family for praising the decision. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • abortion • abortion rights • James Dobson • pro choice • pro life • Focus on the Family
May 2007
- Giuliani Loses Dobson's Vote
  
  Associated Press | May 18, 07 6:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Christian evangelist James Dobson came out swinging against Rudy Giuliani after the former mayor admitted last week that he supports abortion rights and same-sex domestic partnerships. Dobson says he won't vote for Rudy if he wins the GOP nomination, citing those issues and "moral concerns" over his marital behavior. More »
  
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  John McCain • Election 2008 • Republicans • Rudy Giuliani • gay marriage • gay rights • abortion • evangelicals • James Dobson • Focus on the Family