The MSM's "Evangelicals-for-Obama" Myth

Many in the MSM would like for you to believe that evangelical Christian voters are flocking to Obama in hoards. This could not be further from the truth. In fact, the majority are running as far as they can from Barack Obama.

While research shows that some are not completely giddy over the idea of supporting John McCain, most willingly do so in order to achieve defeat over a a much greater evil-Barack Hussein Obama. Obama has achieved a platform and carries a past that is even more abhorrent to this voting block than that of John Kerry and Al Gore.

An article from the Dallas Morning News offers a breathtaking rarity not often seen in today's media. It passes on the Obama Kool-Aid and addresses reality.

The myth that Evangelicals are in play

Pastor Rick Warren is hosting a town hall meeting with both John McCain and Barack Obama this Saturday night. It should be pretty compelling TV. There's been lots in the media in recent months about how Evangelicals, the most reliable bloc in the Republican coalition, are breaking up, with many of them moving toward Barack Obama. As Mollie Hemingway commented a few weeks back on Get Religion, this seems to be an example of media wishful thinking, because poll numbers don't bear that out.

A Pew poll published last month shows that Obama is doing worse among white Evangelicals than John Kerry was at this point in 2004, or Al Gore was in 2000. Obama's got 25 percent, versus Kerry's 26 percent, and Gore's 28 percent). This is extraordinary considering how much better a candidate Obama is, and how Obama has made his faith a big part of his campaign.

It's certainly true that McCain is not doing as well as Bush was at this point in 2004 or 2000. McCain's got 61 percent of the white Evangelical vote, versus 69 percent for Bush in '04, and 65 percent in 2000. The difference? Three times as many Evangelicals (12 percent) are undecided this year as in June 2004. In 2000, that number was only 5 percent. So while there are significantly more Evangelicals in play this campaign season, it's a relatively small number compared to years past. If half those undecideds were to break for McCain, he'd be very close to matching Bush's big showing in 2004.

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