The God-o-Meter project
Beliefnet, in partnership with TIME, has created a God-o-Meter (pronounced gah-DOM-meter) for presidential candidates. Said to be a "scientific measure of God-talk in the election", the meter ranges from 0 (secularist) to 10 (theocrat).
Some current scores:
Hillary Clinton 8 (previous reading 9)
Barack Obama 8 (previous reading 8)
John McCain 3 (previous reading 3)
In the most recent post, on Hillary Clinton, the God-o-Meter reading of 8 at this statement by Clinton concerning Obama's former pastor: "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend." She criticized the Rev. Wright for what she called "hate speech."
Clinton's score hit 9 on Monday when Clinton operative Jim Carville called Governor Richardson "Judas" after he endorsed Obama. Carville has not backed off.
