Has The Religious Right Saved Obama?

Monday, February 13, 2012

The Big Story, By Joe Conason Has The Religious Right Saved Obama? What is most striking about the showdown over contraceptive freedom is not the political victory that President Obama earned by standing up for women's reproductive rights, although his Republican adversaries are certainly helping him make the most of it. Those adversaries don't seem to realize they have fallen into a trap, whether the White House set them up intentionally or not. While the Catholic bishops and their allies on the religious right insist that this is an argument over the First Amendment, their true and longstanding purpose now stands revealed. They would begin by imposing their dogma on every woman unlucky enough to work for an employer who shares it -- an agenda that is deeply unpopular even among the Catholic faithful. READ MORE

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Featured Column: E.J. Dionne The Fallout From The Contraception Controversy Liberal Catholics were proud to stand with conservatives in defending the church's religious liberty rights in carrying out its social and charitable mission. Now, we'd ask conservatives to consider that what makes the Gospel so compelling -- especially for the young, many of whom are leaving the church -- is the central role it assigns to our responsibilities to act on behalf of the needy, the left-out and the abandoned. READ MORE

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Featured Column: Leonard Pitts Jr. Why Obama Needs To Be A Hypocrite We've seen this movie before. In 2008, candidate Obama broke a promise to use public campaign financing, thereby gaining a tactical advantage at the expense of betraying his professed principles. Of course, politics is hell on principles, so one can hardly be surprised at his decision now to embrace a Super PAC set up on his behalf. Disappointed, but not surprised. READ MORE

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Budget Time Obama's Plan: Fix Roads, Spend On Education, Tax Mega-Rich The new budget that President Barack Obama is sending to Congress aims to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by restraining government spending and raising taxes on the wealthy. To help a weak economy, Obama's proposal Monday requests increases in transportation, education and other areas. READ MORE

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Election 2012 Romney's Maine Victory Over Ron Paul Barely Dents Their Chummy Rivalry Romney's win, combined with his victory in the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference in Washington hours earlier, helped slow an embarrassing skid that began Tuesday when he lost contests in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado to Rick Santorum. The twin triumphs, combined with a series of targeted attacks on Gingrich and Santorum dampened the perception -- for now -- that conservatives were unwilling to support Romney. READ MORE

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Pop Culture Whitney Houston's Mysterious Death Hangs Over Grammys The singer's body arrived at a Los Angeles morgue early Sunday, hours after the 48-year-old had been found dead in a hotel room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where she was preparing for a pre-Grammy gala. Officials did not say when an autopsy would occur, but any cause of death determination will likely be delayed while they await toxicology results. READ MORE

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