Not backing Obama - but he listened

Scott Maxwell | TAKING NAMES Today we have a cornucopia of column items -- including details on the low-profile wedding of a Magic player, a meeting between cops of both the Hollywood and real-life variety and a debate over who's the best congressman Orange County's ever had. But first we're going to take a look at one of your neighbors -- a man who just may be the most influential evangelical leader you've never heard of. But John McCain and Barack Obama have. That's why Lake Mary publisher Steve Strang recently had an audience with Obama -- even though Strang has little use for the man as a candidate. Strang was last noted in this column in 2005 when he was named one of Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America." His Charisma magazine is delivered to more than 150,000 households. And his publishing house... [read full story]