Barack Obama has done more than any recent Democratic presidential candidate to reach out to religious voters, just this week announcing that, as president, he would expand faith-based initiatives and actively encourage religious groups to get more involved in social campaigns. And yet Obama is facing an onslaught of viral attacks questioning his Christian values and accusing him of being a Muslim. A new Christian political action committee, the Matthew 25 Network, took up Obama's cause with a radio ad released in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday. Obama was in town that day to discuss patriotism and service to country, but the city is also an evangelical hub, home to Focus on the Family leader James Dobson , a conservative evangelical who has forcefully criticized Obama in recent weeks. Matthew 25, led by John Kerry 's director of religious outreach, Mara Vanderslice , announced in June that it intended to reach out to particular religious communities that it believes Obama must do well with to win in November, including Catholics, moderate evangelicals, Hispanic Catholics and Protestants. This is the group's first ad buy. ...
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