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And I think the evangelicals have gone squishy or even liberal on us... You're right. I watch the polls pretty closely, and I've seen a couple where evangelicals are now pretty evenly divided between GOP and Dem. What's worse, most evangelicals are now against an aggressive GWOT in these polls (against the surge, etc). So it's not so simple as, "Oh, we just talk gay marriage and we'll win Ohio!" Because the evangelicals have bolted for other reasons. The Rick Warren/Obama connection is a perfect example. Many evangelicals were never conservatives to begin with, except on a few social issues. We can't go all anti-war to get them back. This is the central issue of our time here. We have to unite the folks who are pro-war behind the GOP. And many of those folks are probably South Park types: leave me to my online gambling and my gun and my bedroom, but if any country in the Middle East threatens us, two words should apply: Parking. Lot.

We have to unite the folks who are pro-war behind the GOP.

The Iraq War is incredibly unpopular across the country, and is the #1 reason why the Republican party lost the Senate and House in 2006.