On the February 11 broadcast of NBC's Meet the Press, host and NBC News Washington bureau chief Tim Russert suggested that Democratic presidential candidates have not publicly talked about their religious faith in a long time. Discussing Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) presidential announcement speech, Russert said to Washington Post columnist David Broder, "My ear heard something that I had not heard from Democratic candidates in some time. Up front, Senator Obama began his speech with references to his faith, and then came back to that same issue in the speech. ... What's that about?" But, contrary to Russert's suggestion, many Democratic presidential candidates have referred to or discussed their faith publicly, including former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), who talked about his Southern Baptist upbringing* on Meet the Press just the week before. For example:
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