{"id":509,"date":"2008-04-11T09:39:06","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T09:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/04\/obama-launches-catholic-counci.html"},"modified":"2008-04-11T09:39:06","modified_gmt":"2008-04-11T09:39:06","slug":"obama-launches-catholic-counci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/04\/obama-launches-catholic-counci.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Launches Catholic Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"obama35.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/211\/import\/obama35.jpg\" width=\"124\" \/>God-o-Meter reported last week that the Obama and Clinton campaigns were stepping up their Catholic outreach operations big time in advance of the Pennsylvania primary. GOM just got word that Obama&#8217;s team is announcing an official &#8220;Catholic Advisory Council&#8221; this afternoon. Here&#8217;s the leadership:<br \/>\nSenator Robert P. Casey, Jr. (read the God-o-Meter interview <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/04\/qa-with-bob-casey-jr-obama-and.html\">here<\/a>)<br \/>\nCongressman Patrick Murphy (PA-O8)<br \/>\nFormer Congressman Tim Roemer (read the God-o-Meter interview <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/04\/tim-roemer-prolifer-for-obama.html\">here<\/a>)<br \/>\nSr. Catherine Pinkerton, Congregation of St. Joseph<br \/>\nTom Chabolla, Assistant to the President, Service Employees International Union                Sharon Daly, Social Justice Advocate<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God-o-Meter reported last week that the Obama and Clinton campaigns were stepping up their Catholic outreach operations big time in advance of the Pennsylvania primary. GOM just got word that Obama&#8217;s team is announcing an official &#8220;Catholic Advisory Council&#8221; this afternoon. Here&#8217;s the leadership: Senator Robert P. 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