In
addition to her recasting herself as a girl from
Burns Strider heads religious outreach for the House
Democratic Caucus, which was created by Speaker Nancy Pelosi
in 2005 when Democratic strategists recognized that their
party lost ground in the previous election.
Strider, one of the Democratic Party’s leading strategists
on winning over evangelicals and values-driven voters, (did
you know there were strategists for such things?) has been hired
by Hillary Clinton's as her new 'faith guru' for her 2008
presidential bid. See lots more on Hillary here.
John Kerry who is also considering a run for the 2008
Democratic nomination, has been active in this arena, too. In
September, he gave a speech on “service and faith” at the
conservative
What a switch, at least for the top contenders for the
democrat nomination -- to have 'faith advisers' specializing
in religious outreach -- from 2004 when democrat candidates
didn't see the value of reaching out to values-voters.
Will voters get it that candidates have a new strategy to use
religion to get elected? Will they be able to discern the real
from the fake? The genuine expressions from the phony?
This is a TOP WATCH.
Sharon Hughes
is Founder and President of The Center for Changing Worldviews
and a radio talk show host on KDIA AM1640 in San
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online at Oneplace.com. Her column appears in many
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