{"id":593,"date":"2008-05-07T10:48:58","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T10:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/05\/obama-camp-explains-catholic-g.html"},"modified":"2008-05-07T10:48:58","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T10:48:58","slug":"obama-camp-explains-catholic-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/05\/obama-camp-explains-catholic-g.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Camp Explains Catholic Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhat explains Barack Obama’s gains among Catholics<\/a> yesterday?
\nThe Obama camp just ’round its explanation for progress among religious voters, including Catholics, in memo form:<\/p>\n

In Indiana and North Carolina the campaign:
\n\u2022 Launched a series of inter-faith American Values Tours;
\n\u2022 Organized statewide pastor calls with Senator Obama and other prominent faith leaders;
\n\u2022 Held organizing meetings and listening sessions;
\n\u2022 Kickoff of Catholics for Obama “Call to Family” drive with house parties and front-yard barbeques around the state, where guests celebrated ties of kinship and called relatives and friends for Barack. Vicki Kennedy dialed in to talk about her own convictions and to rally supporters;
\n\u2022 Organized “Call to Chapel” days of worship with supporters attending services on Sunday;
\n\u2022 Community gatherings with Max and Ethel Kennedy;
\n\u2022 Targeted phone-banking and canvassing to faith communities across the states;
\n\u2022 Held a series of concerts to worship together in unity;
\n\u2022 Organized a statewide tour of pastor breakfasts throughout small towns in North Carolina;
\n\u2022 Written appeals, targeted media work and one-on-one outreach.
\n\u2022 Building statewide general election leadership teams of young adult Evangelical and Catholics through Facebook and internet sites.
\nBarack Obama is building one of the largest grassroots campaigns of people of faith in history. Thousands of people of faith stand ready to mobilize their communities and help Barack Obama win in November. We are building the relationships and groundwork now to ensure important American values are represented in this movement for change.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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