Will 'playing the God card' work for Romney?

The romney campaign Will 'playing the God card' work for Romney? In what some consider a shark-jumping moment, Mitt Romney suggests that President Obama wants to erase "In God We Trust" from our coins The Compass with marc ambinder Marc Ambinder: When a gaffe isn't When is a gaffe not a gaffe? These days, almost every political miscue is labeled a gaffe. By overusing the word, I think we're devaluing it, and I think we're being unfair to politicians arts + life Why last weekend's movie ticket sales were the worst since 9/11: 4 theories Fallout from the Aurora shootings? Back-to-school distractions? Commentators struggle to explain the most dismal box office in a decade arts + life Discovered: The second known photo of Emily Dickinson? The famously reclusive poet left behind only one known image — a teenage portrait. But if investigators are right, we now know what she looked like 12 years later the tablet race iPad vs. Kindle Fire HD: Should Apple be worried about Amazon? In an aggressive move, the e-tail giant unveils high-definition tablets that are dramatically cheaper than the iPad — but are arguably just as good Science + tech The secret purpose of 'junk DNA': A guide Scientists discover that a mysterious swath of our genome contains millions of switches that can mean the difference between John Doe and Usain Bolt FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE How Apple really invented the iPhone Newly revealed documents offer tremendous insight into the remarkable story of a device that, under the normal rules of business, shouldn't have been invented SEE ALL CARTOONS TECCA Teen builds portable heart monitor out of a smartphone SLATE Emma Watson is the most dangerous cyber celebrity BUZZFEED The struggles of girl models NEWSER Kristen Stewart buys $48 million new home SALON Rare form of autism might be treatable The military-grade news tool And now for the local news, brought to you by nosy drones — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation         Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2012 The Week, All rights reserved.