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James Dobson to Endorse John McCain?
James Dobson of Focus on the Family
Apparently, John McCain and Evangelical Christian leader Dr. James Dobson have patched up their differences.
Will Dobson show at the August 16 debate/forum at Saddleback Church between McCain and Obama?
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James Dobson Finally Endorses Mike Huckabee for President
James Dobson of Focus on the Family on John McCain: “I pray that we don’t get stuck with himâ€
It was rumored last Fall that Evangelical Christian leader James Dobson who dislikes John McCain and has made disparaging remarks about him would endorse fellow Evangelical Mike Huckabee for President. But, he didn’t.
Now, with the GOP nomination safely secured by John McCain with little hope that Southern Baptist minister Huckabee could actually beat McCain, Dobson endorses him.
Go figure.
Flap said before the Evangelical Christian Right would prove to be irrelevant in this Presidential cycle and they have.
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James Dobson to Endorse Mike Huckabee?
It is rumored that within the next ten days, Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family will endorse Southern Baptist minister and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee for President.An influential social conservative Evangelical leader of the Christian RIGHT, Dobson has previously ruled out supporting Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Fred Thompson.
Now, with Mike Huckabee rising in the polls nationally and especially in Iowa is Dobson ready to jump on his political bandwagon?
But, Huckabee’s campaign is woefully underfunded. Will Dobson’s support be enough to put Huckabee in the top tier, despite the money shortfall?
So, who wins?
Huckabee and Giuliani (divides the social conservative vote in Iowa and South Carolina – delivers 3rd place in Iowa)
Who loses?
Mitt Romney who has ACTIVELY courted the pro-life social conservative vote and who now must contend in Iowa and South Carolina with Mike Huckabee.
Fred Thompson loses. He will finish NO higher than 4th place in Iowa or New Hampshire. A slight lead he currently enjoys in South Carolina will it hold up?
Did the Pat Robertson endorsement prove to be the GAMBIT that delivers the GOP nomination to Rudy? And, possibly the VP to Huckabee?
Stay tuned…….
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The Rudy Giuliani and James Dobson Flap Part Two
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The Rudy Giuliani and James Dobson Flap Part Two
The most surprising recent national polling result was an answer given by Republicans who attend church weekly when Gallup asked their presidential preference. A plurality chose Rudy Giuliani, a Catholic who in 1999 said: “I don’t attend regularly, but I attend occasionally.” Their choice raises deep concern among prominent conservative Republicans who feel it would be a serious mistake for leaders of the religious right to scorn the former mayor of New York.
This is threatening to become a major problem because, contrary to the conventional wisdom, Giuliani has stubbornly kept first place in national surveys of all Republican voters. His elevated status cannot be written off as merely superior name identification. He no longer seems uncomfortable as a Republican and clearly dominated the most recent presidential debate last week in Dearborn, Mich. The real possibility that Giuliani might actually be the Republican nominee led a group of religious conservatives, meeting in Salt Lake City Sept. 29 under the leadership of James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family, to consider a third-party alternative.
The Flap first mentioned here has neither deterred voter support for Mayor Giuliani nor scared GOP operatives to rally behind another GOP Presidential candidate. Moreover, the Dobson, Viguerie, Land Salt Lake Group group appear to be splitting their own constituency.
But the situation is not a simple confrontation between the Christian right and Giuliani. The Gallup data suggests that Dobson and the Salt Lake City group may be out of touch with rank-and-file churchgoers. A well-known social conservative, who asked that his name not be used, is disturbed by Dobson saying he could not vote for Giuliani under any conditions. Apart from being the lesser of two evils against Sen. Hillary Clinton, Giuliani seems to be the positive choice of millions of religious Americans.
It is HYPOCRITICAL of James Dobson and other members of the Christian Right to be willing to help Hillary Clinton win the Presidency when Rudy Giuliani has pledged to appoint “strict constuctionist†(certainly MORE pro-life than Hillary’s appointees) judges to the federal bench.
Apparently others, including religious values voters agree.
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Michael Ramirez on the Rudy Giuliani – James Dobson Flap
Rudy Giuliani Watch: Mr. September Blackballed By Christian Right? The Reaction
Rudy Giuliani Watch: Mr. September Blackballed By Christian Right?
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Michael Ramirez on the Rudy Giuliani – James Dobson Flap
Flap agrees with you Michael. It is HYPOCRITICAL of James Dobson and other members of the Christian Right to be willing to help Hillary Clinton win the Presidency when Rudy Giuliani has pledged to appoint “strict constuctionist” (certainly MORE pro-life than Hillary’s appointees) judges to the federal bench.
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Mr. September Blackballed By Christian Right? The Reaction
Rudy Giuliani Watch: Mr. September Blackballed By Christian Right?
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Fred Thompson Watch: Not Going to Dance With James Dobson
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwVb6cydEbg[/youtube]
Fred Thompson Has No Desire to Talk With James Dobson
So, now Fred is fighting with the Evangelical Right as has John McCain and Rudy previously.
Is James Dobson being cast out from GOP Presidential politics? Is Dobson IRRELEVANT?
PossibleFlap KNOWS all Evangelical Christian voters will NOT abandon the GOP to either vote for Hillary, vote for a third party candidate or stay home.
But, on the other hand, enough of these voters may very well abandon the GOP for a third pary.Â
And, then what?
THIS dust-up certainly does not help Fred Thompson.
Who is left?
Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson concludes a short news conference in a hanger at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. Thompson says he doesn’t need the support of influential evangelical Christian leader James Dobson to win over conservative voters. Dobson accuses the former Tennessee senator as being a weak conservative with ‘no passion’ in a private e-mail obtained this week by The Associated Press.
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Fred Thompson Watch: NO to Ice Cream And NO to Huckabee Debate
Mitt Romney Watch: The Phoneyfred.org Flap
Fred Thompson Wants “Due Process†for Osama Bin Laden
Fred Thompson Watch: NO to Ice Cream But YES to Huckabee Debate?
Fred Thompson’s Past Support for Campaign Finance Reform Scrutinized
Fred Thompson Watch: Jim Mills Quote of the Day
Fred Thompson Watch: ANOTHER Campaign Aide OUTFred Thompson Scores “Direct Hit on Romneyâ€
Fred Thompson Watch: Thompson to Announce September 6 – Ducks GOP Debate
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Mr. September Blackballed By Christian Right?
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani visits with Katherine Miller of Edmonds, Wash., at a cafe in Kirkland, Wash., during a campaign stop Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007. Giuliani made stops earlier in the day in Palm Springs, Calif., and Portland, Ore.
The INEVITABILITY of a Rudy Giuliani GOP nomination is causing some ANGST in the Christian RIGHT.
In fact, this may be the ONLY WAY Rudy beats Hillary Clinton by capturing the social middle ground with fiscal conservative policy. Painting Hillary as a corrupt left-wing pandering socialist who will raise taxes and who is weak on terror and defense works.
Being against abortion doesn’t.
If the Christian RIGHT leaves the GOP and forms a third party, it will further marginalize their influence in national politics.
And Dr. James Dobson helped how in the 2006 GOP collapse?
Stay tuned………
Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson concludes a short news conference in a hanger at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. Thompson says he doesn’t need the support of influential evangelical Christian leader James Dobson to win over conservative voters. Dobson accuses the former Tennessee senator as being a weak conservative with ‘no passion’ in a private e-mail obtained this week by The Associated Press.
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Rudy Giuliani Video: Rudy in Santa Barbara California Part 3
Running With Rudy at National House Party Night
Rudy Giuliani Watch: Former California Governor Pete Wilson Endorses Giuliani for President
Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy in Santa Barbara California Part 2
Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy in Santa Barbara California
Giuliani Poll Watch: Rudy Catches Mitt Romney in New Hampshire
Former California Governor Pete Wilson to Endorse Rudy Giuliani for President Tomorrow
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President 2008 Watch: Christian Right Labors for Redemptive ’08 Conservative
Grover Norquist of the Americans for Tax Reform
New York Times: Christian Right Labors to Find ’08 Candidate
A group of influential Christian conservatives and their allies emerged from a private meeting at a Florida resort this month dissatisfied with the Republican presidential field and uncertain where to turn.
The event was a meeting of the Council for National Policy, a secretive club whose few hundred members include Dr. James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family, the Rev. Jerry Falwell of Liberty University and Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform. Although little known outside the conservative movement, the council has become a pivotal stop for Republican presidential primary hopefuls, including George W. Bush on the eve of his 1999 primary campaign.
When Rudy Giuliani wraps up the GOP nomination, the KINGMAKERS of the Evangelical Christian Right MIGHT turn to a third party candidate.
The only question is how marginalized and irrelevant will they become. No GOP Senator, Governor or Congressman will foresake their political career to become a GOP spoiler in ’08.
Flap’s bet is that these folks will splinter and divide. Some will covertly support Giuliani and some will support the third party candidate.
Will it matter in the Electoral College of Rudy vs. Hillary?
Probably only in the Red States that are already going GOP against Hillary.
But, guess what? In those states it is winner take all and the electoral votes will go to Rudy in any case.
But, if Rudy were to choose former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as Vice President, they might find an excuse to support/vote for the “Redemptive SINNER.”
James Dobson of Focus on the Family on John McCain: “I pray that we don’t get stuck with himâ€
So, what will Norquist, Weyrich, Dobson, Falwell, Robertson’s role be in the presidential campaign of 2008?
To drive East and West Coast center-left independent voters to the GOP, of course……
Jerry Falwell – One of the KINGMAKERS of the Christian Right
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy Opts Out of Religious Broadcasters Meeting
Rudy Giuliani Watch: Evangelical Richard Land Strikes Back at Rudy
John McCain Watch: James Dobson – Cannot Support John McCain Under ANY Circumstances
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John McCain Watch: McCain Wants to Patch Things Up with Focus on the Family’s James Dobson
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks to journalists outside the CBS studio in Washington after being interviewed on ‘Face the Nation’ Sunday, Washington Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007.
AP: McCain to make amends with Dobson
Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) said Tuesday he hopes to patch things up with conservative Christian leader James Dobson, who recently said he wouldn’t support the Republican’s presidential bid under any circumstances.
In a radio interview with KCBI, a Dallas Christian station, Dobson argued that McCain didn’t support traditional marriage values and complained that the campaign finance legislation he co-authored hurt Christian broadcasters.
“Speaking as a private individual, I would not vote for John McCain under any circumstances,” Dobson said on KCBI.
The 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation stifled “Christian radio” and “kept us from telling the truth right before elections,” Dobson contended. “He is not in favor of traditional marriage and I pray that we will not get stuck with him.”
James Dobson of Focus on the Family on John McCain: “I pray that we don’t get stuck with himâ€Flap supposes McCain calling Jerry Falwell and other Evangelical Christians AGENTS OF INTOLERANCE during his 2000 campaign against President Bush may have had somethng to do with the snub.
You think?
By the Way, Senator McCain, I wouldn’t bother – you are DONE with this group.
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John McCain Watch: James Dobson – Cannot Support John McCain Under ANY Circumstances
Rudy Giuliani Watch: Giuliani Leading in North Carolina Poll
Mitt Romney Watch: Another HYPOCRITICAL Moment? This Time Gay Marriage
Michael Ramirez on John McCain and Presidential Election 2008
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John McCain Watch: James Dobson – Cannot Support John McCain Under ANY Circumstances
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James Dobson of Focus on the Family on John McCain: “I pray that we don’t get stuck with him”
WorldNet: Christian leader rejects McCain
Dobson says he couldn’t support senator ‘under any circumstances’
A prominent Christian leader whose radio and magazine outreaches are solidly in support of biblically-based marriages – and keep in touch with millions of constituents daily – says he cannot consider Arizona Sen. John McCain a viable candidate for president.
“Speaking as a private individual, I would not vote for John McCain under any circumstances,” said James Dobson, founder of the Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family as well as the Focus Action cultural action organization set up specifically to provide a platform for informing and rallying constituents.
Dobson, who always is careful to note that he’s not speaking for the non-profit ministry, which cannot advocate for or against candidates legally, also doesn’t hesitate to state his personal opinions on social or political issues and agendas.
Several times he’s talked to Republicans, the traditionally conservative political party, about the need to maintain the values of that large part of the U.S. population, or lose the support of those people.
His most recent comments came during an interview on the Jerry Johnson Live program on KCBI 90.0 FM.
So, who will Dobson and the Focus on the Family folks support of the “BIG THREE” of Giuliani, McCain and Romney?
This statement has to be a BOOM for Romney and a devastating blow to McCain.
However, Romney has Flip-Flopped on abortion and Gay Marriage. And Romney is a MORMON – hardly compatible with Evangelical Christians.
So?
Are Dobson’s litmus tests for support dooming him and his Evangelical Christian followers to irrelevance in 2008 Presidential primaries?
Possible
Stay tuned……..
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Giuliani Leading in North Carolina Poll
Mitt Romney Watch: Another HYPOCRITICAL Moment? This Time Gay Marriage
Michael Ramirez on John McCain and Presidential Election 2008
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