What do Christian values voters in Ohio care about? Abortion? Homosexuality? Creationism? Well, if a new PAC has its way, they will soon see the economy as the new values issue.

The Fifth National Survey of Religion and Politics conducted by the University of Akron was released last week and sheds interesting light on where various religious groups stand on issues like environment regulation, the economy, and the Iraq war.

Sixty-two percent of voters unaffiliated with any religion plan to vote for Obama/Biden ticket according to a new poll out by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

A Pew Research Center survey released a few days ago found that only half of Americans correctly know that Mr. Obama is a Christian. Meanwhile, 13 percent of registered voters say that he is a Muslim, compared with 12 percent in June and 10 percent in March.

This month, John McCain and Barack Obama responded to the 38,000-member coalition of scientists, engineers and concerned citizens who have been asking the presidential candidates for months to answer questions about their science policy.