Taking the Election Campaign into Church?
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Politics
Donna Brazile wrote for Slate: "We fought a tough battle, and the results are clear: Our opponents took their campaign inside the church while we mobilized outside in the community."

Intesresting. Any one remember Bush/Cheney speaking in any churches? No. But here is the schedule for the second Sunday before the election from ABC News:

"After campaigning out West for several days, Senator Kerry spends Sunday in Florida. The Senator attends church services at Mount Herman AME Church in Fort Lauderdale at 11:00 am ET, delivers a speech on values and beliefs at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale at 2:15 pm ET, and speaks at a rally at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton at 5:15 pm ET.
Vice President Cheney is in Washington, DC with no public events.

Senator Edwards speaks at church services at Allen Temple A.M.E. Church in Cincinnati at 11:00 am ET and attends rallies at in Dayton and Lima at 2:20 pm ET and 5:45 pm ET.

Elizabeth Edwards attends church services at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in Pittsburgh at 11:30 am ET and hosts a town hall discussion at Downey Middle School in Harrisburg, PA at 3:30 pm ET.

Former Vice President Al Gore speaks at a church service in Jacksonville on behalf of the Kerry/Edwards ticket and attends an early vote rally at the Leon County Courthouse Lawn in Tallahassee, FL at 2:00 pm ET.

Senator Ted Kennedy speaks at Zion Church and Mt. Airy Church in Philadelphia on behalf of Kerry/Edwards."

Well, conservatives did it first, right? Um, no. Check this quote:

" 'God wants me to run for president..American people want faith in their government.'

"This may sound like President Bush talking, but it is not. These were the words of Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election campaign, according to author Steven Hayward in his book, The Age of Reagan, 1964-1980: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order. Because of this kind of rhetoric, evangelicals voted in large numbers for Carter in 1976."

Seems like Ms. Brazile needs to check her history a little more thoroughly