I hear that Sen. Barack Obama's campaign will be doing a big event in Charleston, S.C., with several prominent black religious leaders in the morning.

Among them will be Kirbyjon Caldwell, the Methodist minister who delivered the inaugural prayer for President Bush and is a longtime friend and spiritual adviser to the president. Mr. Caldwell has been campaigning for Obama all year.

Also expected to be there is T. DeWitt Smith, president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention. He is one of the faith leaders backing Obama in an effort to woo churchgoers in South Carolina and elsewhere.

Speaking of which, Sen. Hillary Clinton last week had her own South Carolina endorsement event with black ministers.

— Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times