Interview with Mark DeMoss

With clients like Focus on the Family, Franklin Graham, and Campus Crusade for Christ, Mark DeMoss may be the most prominent public relations executive in the evangelical world. A former chief of staff to Jerry Falwell, DeMoss became then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney's chief liaison to evangelical leaders. God-o-Meter caught up with him this week to ask how John McCain--and Barack Obama--are doing among evangelical opinion shapers and voters.

For all of the attention devoted to his 2006 commencement address at Liberty, which I attended and where I met with the Senator, I would not suggest that that was reflective of building stronger ties or relationships or making inroads in the evangelical community. For one thing, his commencement address made no mention of faith or a lot of the issues that religious conservatives care an awful lot about. Full Story »

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Cathleen Bemis
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by Cathleen Bemis - Oct. 1, 2008

This was an interview on a faith-based website with an executive working on political issues with prominent Republicans and inside the evangelical political spectrum. Therefore, one wouldn't expect it to have a balanced viewpoint, to present both sides of an issue, or to present evidence. The questions were excellent and Mr. DeMoss fully expanded on his views without personal attack or disingenuous posturing. In that respect, this was a piece of good journalism, and a very informative piece.

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Keenan Kline
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by Keenan Kline - Oct. 1, 2008

I was intrigued by the fairness that DeMoss showed towards Obama - maybe the monolithic religious right, isn't so lock-step after all. All in all, interesting, new info for me.

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