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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Religion is a big topic for presidential candidates.
Raymond Burke of St. Louis says that every Catholic must know that a pro-choice stance is wrong. In addition to this Catholic Bishop, Giuliani's moderate social views are getting him in trouble with an important part of the republican electorate.
Some prominent Christian Conservatives now say they'd even back a third-party candidate if Giuliani gets the nomination.But Giuliani says he's the best candidate for republicans who want to win the white house."I run the most competitive against Hillary Clinton by a big big margin and I take from democratic states from her. Nobody else does that," said Giuliani. Analysts say if Giuliani wins the nomination, he could bring the party back together by choosing a suitably Conservative running mate like Mike Huckabee of Arkansas.
Religious Republicans were also offended by remarks made by John McCain. During an interview with the website, belief-net, McCain said he'd prefer a Christian president.
He said "We are a nation that was based on Judeo-Christian values and that means respect for all of human rights and dignity" McCain later said the most qualified person should be president regardless of religion.
This led to a debate in the Democratic party over whether to take public money. It comes down to this, those who have it, won't and those who need it, might have it. Speaking of those who have money, Hillary Clinton raised the most money in the third quarter. Her campaign says it raised $22-million-dollars in primary money,including cash from $100-thousand new donors. This is the first time Clinton has raised more money than Senator Barack Obama. Obama has reported he raised $19-million-dollars this quarter and he still leads Clinton in money raised for the primaries.
"Part of the reason you're seeing us raise more small donations then all of the candidates combined, part of the reason you're seeing these enormous crowds and terrific organization on the ground in these early states is because the message does resonate when people hear it,"says Obama.
However, Obama is not leading in the race for support amongst blacks.
A poll says blacks are split down the middle in support of Obama and Clinton.
And John Edwards' campaign reports he raised $7-million dollars during the third quarter. As of January, 150-thousand people have given to Edwards' campaign with more than half of those supporters contributing in the past 3-months.Edwards says he's on his way to making $40-million and while that's a half to a third of what Hillary Clinton will raise, he says he'll distance himself on the issue of Iraq.
"She wants to continue combat missions in Iraq. To me that's a continuation of the war," said Edwards.
Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney made a campaign stop this week in a St. Louis area swing. Romney commented on why he feels it's important for the next president to be able to unite republicans and democrats.
"Governors like Governor Blunt and governors across the country are able to work with their legislature even if they are an opposition parties and get the job done. We're going to have to do that in Washington again," said Romney.
Posted by: Beth Hoag
Published: Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 6:17 AM
Last Updated: Monday, April 7, 2008 at 1:14 PM |
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