Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead?
What would become of the Republican party without the huge block of religious voters they pander to? They’ve strayed so far from their original conservative ideology that the only thing propping them up has been the “family & morals” crowd… and, of course, big business.
This may get ugly. (Depending on your point of view, that is)
‘This Is Not a Bluff’
Land says he has told Romney that if the former Massachusetts governor wants to win support among evangelicals, he needs to deliver a “JFK-type speech.”A Christian political leader on the threat of a third party.
Christian conservatives want more respect. They were instrumental in propelling George W. Bush to power-twice-and now they’re feeling neglected. At a “Values Voters” summit in Washington last week, leading evangelicals gathered to speak out and take a straw poll. The survey showed how unhappy they are with the twice-divorced, pro-choice Republican front runner for the presidential nomination, Rudy Giuliani. He got less than two percent of the overall vote. (Some Christian activists have threatened to back a third-party candidate if Giuliani wins the GOP nomination.) Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won the straw poll of 5,775 conservatives, which included voters who have been able to cast online ballots since August. But many evangelicals are uncomfortable with Romney’s Mormon faith. That may have factored in the voting of people who actually attended the summit: Romney lost that tally by a wide margin to former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who is also an ordained Southern Baptist minister.
Jeffrey Bartholet and Eve Conant, Newsweek
