A very big, very good day for Obama.

First, we have the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting, which took place today to decide what to do about Hillary Clinton’s much-bemoaned issue of seating the delegates from primaries in Florida and Michigan, both of whom broke the rules and theoretically deserved no votes at the convention. And the DNC, if you can believe it, almost followed its own rules.

(Analysis below the photo)

Among the millions of pounds of minutia discussed was the fairly straightforward issue of awarding a state which held an unapproved primary only “half-votes” at the condition, which is what they decided to do with both states. This is a huge boon to the Obama campaign, as it keeps him well within reach of the “magic number” for a delegate majority. (It also bolsters the potential Clinton argument of having won the popular vote, because it gives her more votes than Obama in each state.)

But that’s not all! Obama also quit his ridiculously controversial church this evening, which is the best possible thing he could ever have done. Now, whenever the pastors from that church get out of hand, no one can somehow suggest that Obama actually agrees with what insane religious zealots say. (As if, by the way, anyone actually believes the stuff they usually hear in church on Sunday.  …Okay, some people do.)

So, a stiff jab followed by a crushing uppercut, and suddenly Hillary Clinton and John McCain had better watch out — they just lost the only two things which have ever hurt Obama.

And they lost them on the same day. Ouch.

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And while I certainly think that followers of any religion should be willing and able to intelligently defend their beliefs daily (as too few believe too much while thinking too little), the point remains that this is a free country, and a man is allowed to believe what he wishes. The only thing more strong than our constitutional conviction of this is our rock-solid belief that elected officials should not be elected or tested for their religion, or lack thereof.

Still, enough people out there care about their president’s religion, and believe that Christianity is the only means by which a person may behave justly and morally, that this poor man, like Kennedy, has to convince them that his “unChristian” beliefs won’t effect his morality.

What a country.

Read the speech here: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23830

Read my full column about it here: http://markcaseyonline.com/?p=31

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