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Democrat Sen. Barack Obama, frequently leaning on Bible passages, and Republican Sen. John McCain, sharply delineating his opposition to abortion, sought to burnish their Christian credentials with voters Saturday night in a civil forum at a California megachurch.
LAKE FOREST, Calif. . Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama courted religious voters Saturday, making their first joint appearance of the campaign at a forum on faith in a Southern California mega-church. The two men, both Christians, appeared back to back at a two-hour forum organized by Rick Warren, one of the nation's most prominent evangelists and author of the ...
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Barack Obama and John McCain offered a sharply different prescription of how faith would inform their presidency during a joint appearance Saturday at a California megachurch.
The narrative of the presidential campaign appeared to be set on the issue of abortion. But impressions have been altered since the Rev. Rick Warren's Saddleback Civil Forum in California on Saturday, reports the Washington Post.
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama courted religious voters Saturday, returning full time to the trail after a summer break by making their first joint appearance of the campaign at a forum on faith in a Southern California megachurch.
So much for hugging in church. A day after Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged an embrace during a faith forum at a California megachurch, Obama called the U.S. economy a disaster thanks to "John McCain's president, George W. Bush," and chided his Republican rival's campaign team for trying to make him look unpatriotic and weak.
LAKE FOREST, Calif.—Given the sharp words exchanged between their campaigns in recent weeks, John McCain and Barack Obama put on a good show of civility Saturday at their first joint appearance of the all-but officially begun general election race.
A day after Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged an embrace during a faith forum at a California megachurch, Obama called the U.S. economy a disaster thanks to "John McCain's president, George W. Bush,"
LAKE FOREST, Calif.
RENO, Nev. -- A day after Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged an embrace during a faith forum at a California megachurch, Obama called the U.S. economy a disaster thanks to "John McCain's president, George W. Bush," and chided his Republican rival's campaign team for trying to make him look unpatriotic and weak.
LAKE FOREST, California (Reuters) - Barack Obama cited his youthful experimentation with drugs and John McCain noted his failed first marriage as their greatest moral failings on Saturday at a forum on faith that both U.S. presidential candidates used to appeal to religious voters.
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