{"id":282,"date":"2008-01-27T16:08:26","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T16:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/01\/obama-stops-by-another-evangel.html"},"modified":"2008-01-27T16:08:26","modified_gmt":"2008-01-27T16:08:26","slug":"obama-stops-by-another-evangel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/01\/obama-stops-by-another-evangel.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Stops By Another Evangelical Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"obama7.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/211\/import\/obama7.jpg\" width=\"68\" \/>Barack Obama spoke this morning at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvestcathedral.com\/\">Harvest Cathedral<\/a>, an evangelical church in Macon, Georgia. You can read a spirited local debate about his appearance <a href=\"http:\/\/www.city-data.com\/forum\/georgia\/242505-barack-obama-coming-macon-3.html\">here<\/a>. In God-o-Meter&#8217;s humble opinion, it&#8217;s these kinds of appearances, matched with Hillary Clinton&#8217;s reluctance to appear as frequently before evangelical audiences or to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2008\/januaryweb-only\/104-32.0.html\">talk to the evangelical press<\/a>, that helps explain why Obama <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/01\/religious-voters-back-obama.html\">trounced her among frequent churchgoers in yesterday&#8217;s South Carolina primary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barack Obama spoke this morning at the Harvest Cathedral, an evangelical church in Macon, Georgia. You can read a spirited local debate about his appearance here. 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