Weblog: Obama's Grade School Not a Madrassa After All
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Compiled by Susan Wunderink with CT staff | posted 1/25/2007 11:58AM
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Obama
CNN debunks false report about Obama | Allegations that Sen. Barack Obama was educated in a radical Muslim school known as a "madrassa" are not accurate, according to CNN reporting (CNN)
Obama school allegations said false | We don't focus on religion," said Hardi Priyono, deputy headmaster of the Basuki school, where Obama was educated as a child. "In our daily lives, we try to respect religion but we don't give preferential treatment." (The Washington Times)
Rivals CNN and Fox News spar over Obama report | A disputed report on the Web site of a conservative magazine about Senator Barack Obama's childhood schooling kicked off an exchange between the news networks CNN and Fox News. (The New York Times)
Campaign allegation a source of vexation | Conservative magazine raised questions about whether the Illinois senator had been schooled in Islamic radicalism when he was all of 6 years old (The Washington Post)
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Romney and Mormonism
Can voters picture good Mormons as good leaders? | On a national level, the question has never been more politically important: Does being Mormon matter? (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Activist rains on Romney's parade | Says the candidate is not conservative (The Boston Globe)
The religious test | The Constitution forbids it, but political reality is another thing. John F. Kennedy, a Catholic, passed it. Mitt Romney, who is Mormon, will have to as well. Polls show that even today, a candidate's faith matters. How the prospective presidential contender handles it, however, is what counts (David E. Campbell and J. Quin Monson, USA Today)
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Brownback
Brownback announces presidential bid | Republican Senator from Kansas to make appeal to social conservatives (The Washington Post)
Despite 1% poll standing, Brownback is a winner among antiabortion Right | Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, also a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, entered the same room to noisy applause, a standing-room-only crowd and camera flashes. (The Washington Post)
Brownback joins GOP presidential field | Favorite of the religious right is now in an uphill battle against better known rivals for the GOP nomination (Associated Press)
Defend innocent life | Whether Republicans are returned to power by the voters will in large part depend upon whether Republicans embrace a Culture of Life both philosophically and in practice. The voters are watching. (Sam Brownback, The Washington Times)
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Politics
GOP hopefuls vow to overturn Roe v. Wade | Two of the Republicans' most conservative presidential hopefuls promised anti-abortion activists on Monday that if elected, they would work to overturn the Supreme Court decision legalizing the procedure. (Associated Press)
The state of social conservatism | So what is one to make of the State of the Union address last night? (First Things)
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