Nov 4, 2011 – WASHINGTON (BP) -- Two evangelical pastors from opposite ends of the political spectrum found common ground Nov. 2 in a discussion … "I agree with that, as long as we're honest and fair about economic power as well as political power." … The president of the ERLC referred to another GOP candidate who is popular in the news at the moment as well.…

Nov 3, 2011 – said leaked the allegations to the news media. … “We first learned of the Cain accusations when we read the story in the news.” … “I was on the road a lot -- one year, I gave 80 speeches,” Cain said in an Oct. 31 interview on Fox News.…

Nov 3, 2011 – Yesterday evening, top Cain deputy (and noted celebrity smoker) Mark Block appeared on Fox News' Special Report to demand an apology … Just to drive home the point, though, Anderson used a Fox News appearance earlier today to again vehemently deny being the source, … His potential political problem is that he's now clearly stated on the record that he did not sexually harass anyone, ever. …

Nov 3, 2011 – Faithful Fox News viewers saw him in the afternoon saying he didn't know the terms of a settlement reached with the complainants and … don't know all the relevant facts in this case -- the exact charges, the demeanor of the complainants, the conclusions of the National … Republicans and conservatives start off with some disadvantages in our political world, including a mostly biased press; Democrats…

Nov 3, 2011 – All three women have accused political icons -- Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton and Clarence Thomas -- of sexually harassing them.And what … Cain has no business running for president.Cain's only political experience prior to 2011 was losing the primary for a U.S. … The next couple of news cycles are going to be too predictable. Partisans who like Cain will defend him. Those who don't won't.…

Nov 2, 2011 – She worked for the National Restaurant Association when he was its head. … Cain thinks he’s the hired political gun who leaked details to Politico, a Washington trade publication, of alleged “sexually suggestive … behavior” Cain is said to have exhibited towards two women while he ran the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.…

Nov 2, 2011 – He launched a huge political operation, perhaps to scare off other candidates, which required an equally huge fundraising effort to … Alas, as ABC News has reported, Haagen-Dazs discontinued that ice cream because it basically was a flavor of the month. … Given what we know so far, the allegations that, as head of the National Restaurant Association, Cain sexually harassed two female…

Nov 2, 2011 – Now is a particularly dangerous moment for American national security interests. Not just because threats are growing. … All that would be bad enough.But the greatest threat to our national security, at the moment, is the manifest indifference of the voting … Every 27-year-old junior Washington political operative knows this is a political season to advise candidates to talk about jobs, jobs…

Nov 2, 2011 – Papandreou's call for a national referendum troubled international financial markets. … Honest trade has built strong political ties. … In or out of the euro-zone, Greece faces an extended and painful period of political and economic change.…

Nov 1, 2011 – Gordon to Fox News where he offered the kind of responses associated with, well, guilt. … Pressed by Geraldo Riviera about whether it was true or false that two female employers of the National Restaurant Association had … Finally, later in the day, he told the National Press Club, "I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association…

Oct 31, 2011 – Herman Cain just appeared on Fox News to publicly address the Politico story that dropped last night.  … If you're going to publish a big splash hit piece about a major political figure, you'd better have your ducks lined up.  … National Review's Kevin Williamson is also concerned. …

Oct 30, 2011 – Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are proving that ideological purity is incompatible with political success. … He's trailing Cain among Republican voters in the latest CBS News/New York Times poll, but in a CNN/Time/ORC survey, he leads everyone … A Democratic insider told National Journal, "He can talk and chew gum at the same time, which puts him way ahead of the other candidates…

Oct 28, 2011 – Second, and related, Romney’s long-term political record suggests his recent embrace of doctrinaire conservatism results more from … political expediency than core conviction. … According to the most recent National Journal Political Insiders Poll, Romney has a 98 percent chance of getting the nomination, with…

Nov 16, 2011 – plan to save Social Security "right-wing social engineering," we found out this week that Gingrich was a recipient of Freddie Mac political … We look forward with cheery anticipation to an explosion of news stories on some of the stranger aspects of Mormonism. … Romney is not going to get to the White House and announce, "The first thing I'm going to do is implement that fantastic national health…

Nov 16, 2011 – much of a reason to miss their morning bagel-and-a-schmear before they got to the office The only actual action that made national … news was the Oakland, California cell which shut down the Port of Oakland for a day or so. … The Iowa Caucuses provide exactly the kind of political environment in which Dr. Paul can thrive.…

Nov 16, 2011 – In an exquisite example of judicial timing, the high court threw a political hand grenade into the elections that could go off just … If the court upholds the legislation -- which I think is very unlikely -- it will inject further political fuel in the campaign to … Though it hasn't received much attention in the national news media, the campaign against Obamacare has won a number of legal,…

Nov 15, 2011 – instead they handed him a letter just days before informing him that a five-year prison sentence from 2008 for "action against national … As Christians in Iran are held hostage to the government's political whims, the source said, the key to their freedom is continued … (www.compassdirect.org), a news service based in Santa Ana, Calif., focusing on Christians worldwide who are persecuted for their…

Nov 15, 2011 – Hotsheet that Perry emerged from the interviews energized and optimistic; he went on to a better-than-expected performance in the CBS News … /National Journal foreign policy debate on Saturday, avoiding gaffes and memorably vowing to have foreign aid allotments start at zero … Perry's efforts to change the conversation about his candidacy come as national polls show him in the single digits, having fallen…

Nov 15, 2011 – Like many of you, my wife Gena and I are avid watchers of local, national and global news. … Propaganda seems to be at the heart of most national news. … Passions, preferences and political persuasions permeate nearly all the news.…

Nov 14, 2011 – EDITOR'S NOTE: BP Ledger carries items for reader information each week from various Southern Baptist-related entities, and news releases … items from: White House Press Secretary/USCIRF/Samaritan's Purse (Sudan bombing) Truett-McConnell College Hudson Institute World News … (World News Service)--Alicia Hansen is wearing blue jeans, a white button-down blouse, and navy blue Converse sneakers.…

Nov 14, 2011 – Yet in a recent Associated Press news story, reporter Charles Babington seems to have confused theory with reality. … “Washington’s political gridlock and volatility threaten to derail an economic recovery that wants to take flight. … He’s the CEO of Boeing, a company that’s trying to create jobs in South Carolina but is being stymied by regulators at the National…

Nov 14, 2011 – The Examiner's Philip Klein, who's established himself as something of an Obamacare maven, calls today's developments "great news" … for the law's foes:   This is great news for opponents of Obamacare, because the case, which comes out of the 11th Circuit … I'll leave you with a few political observations. …

Nov 14, 2011 – So that leaves us, once again, with gold prices at the whim of the news cycle next week.  … Chris Poindexter, Senior Writer, National Gold Group, Inc   Chris Poindexter Gold's Wild Ride … Calculations A Look at the Tools Political Calculations Gives You John Browne Fiat Money Coming…

Nov 13, 2011 – Following Saturday’s GOP CBS/National Journal debate, the Michele Bachmann campaign accused CBS News of organizing a biased event … After accidently receiving an internal email from John Dickerson – the newly appointed political director for CBS News – her campaign … View the attached email by CBS News’ political director from earlier today–we need to show the liberal media elite that we won’t stand…

Nov 11, 2011 – "This great national legacy of religious liberty has been subject to ever more frequent assault and ever more rapid erosion," Roman … Thus government has a perennial obligation to acknowledge and protect religious liberty as fundamental, no matter the moral and political … Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com…