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Keeping faith on the DL

Reporters keep searching for hints of Sarah Palin's faith, but it looks like the campaign is keeping it on the down low.

Maria Comella, a spokeswoman for the McCain-Palin campaign, told the New York Times that Palin had been baptized Roman Catholic as an infant, but declined to comment further.

"We're not going to get into discussing her religion," she said.

Comella also declined to talk about her background to the Wall Street Journal. "I think talking about where she worships today and how she characterizes herself speaks for itself about where she is today on this issue," Comella said.

So since the campaign is quiet, reporters are digging up speeches and videos of her speaking or sermons her pastors have given.

Here's a clip that Chicago Tribune reporter Manya A. Brachear dug up.

"I can do my job there in developing our natural resources and doing things like getting the roads paved and making sure our troopers have their cop cars and their uniforms and their guns, and making sure our public ...

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