Why is this news? In a post titled, “Another Sunday Without Church,” Ben Smith reports…
As my colleagues Jonathan Martin and Carol Lee noted last week, Barack Obama — despite undergoing a campaign maelstrom over his pastor — isn’t a regular churchgoer. He didn’t often attend Sunday services on the trail, and — unlike Presidents-elect Bush and Clinton — hadn’t been since his election.
He extended that streak this morning, with the pool report saying only that he’d been a bit late for his regular workout this morning.
Politico…fighting the good fight…
December 8, 2008 at 8:13 pm
[...] under: Media — Tags: ben smith, faith, obama, politico, religion — Jon @ 8:13 pm So yesterday I posted, exasperated that Ben Smith at Politico would post noting that Obama did not attend church this [...]
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