Steele: Notre Dame Honorary Degree For Obama 'Inappropriate'Appearing Sunday on Meet The Press, RNC chairman Michael Steele criticized the decision of Notre Dame to award President Obama an honorary degree. "Those institutions don't hand those degrees out that readily. So it is a very strong sticking point, and I think a lot of Catholics and a lot of pro-life Americans are very concerned about that, and I think it is inappropriate," said Steele. He added: "The president should speak, but the degree should not be conferred."
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Last week's poll had asked:
Pope Benedict has expressed his "deep respect" for Islam as he arrived in Jordan to begin a tour of the Middle East. Will the Pope's visit to the Middle East have a positive effect? There was a tie in answers: No and maybe. This week's poll is now up.
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