Bush Biographer Pens Pro-Obama Book

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CBS News

Bush Biographer Pens Pro-Obama Book
Politico: Conservative Evangelical Author Writes About Democratic Candidate's Faith
June 16, 2008

The conservative Evangelical biographer of George W. Bush and Tom DeLay has moved on to a new subject: Barack Obama. And his new book, due out this summer, may lend credibility to Senator Obama's bid to win Evangelical Christian voters away from the Republican Party.

The forthcoming volume from Stephen Mansfield, whose sympathetic "The Faith of George W. Bush" spent 15 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in 2004, is titled "The Faith of Barack Obama." Its tone ranges from gently critical to gushing, and the author defends Obama-and even his controversial former minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright-from conservative critics, and portrays him as a compelling figure for Christian voters.

"Young Evangelicals are saying, 'Look, I'm pro-life but I'm looking at a guy who's first of all black-and they love that; two, who's a Christian; and three who believes faith should bear on public policy," Mansfield, who described himself as a conservative Republican, said in a telephone interview. "They disagree with him on abortion, but they agree with him on poverty, on the war."

His book, provided exclusively to Politico by the publisher, focuses more on Obama's religious journey than his electoral prospects.



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[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Perhaps the days of the "wedge" issues are coming to a close?

There are things that affect people's daily lives that don't involve the contents of a woman's womb. Let's feed the poor, let's get people working again, let's actually do something other than pay lip service to reversing global warming. Young evangelicals know that this is their world too, why not make it a better place to live for everyone?

Thanks for sharing this article Judi.

[DeepModem Mom]

2. I skim through a lot of articles and have seen several confirming your thought.

The political power of the Religious Right has been diminished, and a new generation of Evangelicals is apparently not convinced that being an arm of the Republican Party is appropriate to what they see as their calling.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. And I raise my glass to the "new generation". If we actually work

together, perhaps we can get some much needed things done for the American people. Hopefully, the divisions of the past are coming to an end, and the sooner the better.

[samsingh]

4. who's looking for something more than a one dimensional

caricuture

[Doctor_J]

5. Frankly, I don't see how "Christians" could vote for a senile, foul-mouthed,

misogynistic, foul-tempered, war-mongering adulterer over a devout family man like Obama anyway.