TO WHOM DOES THE "HIM" THERE REFER?:

Obama's Path to Faith Was Eclectic: President-Elect Will Reach Out to Diverse Set of Religious Leaders for Advice (Eli Saslow, 1/18/09, Washington Post)

For the president-elect, religion has always been less about theology than the power God inspires in communities that worship Him, friends and advisers said.

God or the President-elect?

N.B.: Note that this basically makes him a Straussian. ("Him" being the UR, not God.)

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 18, 2009 9:04 AM