Posted on 11/09/2006 6:34:15 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe
It's gonna take some bigtime manipulation to get the Rudy/Kenny 2008 show off the ground. Last Tuesday, conservatives disgusted with the plot to co-opt them, gave Rudy/Kenny the back of their hand.
No more than yours (grin).
Gingrich for Chairman?
Now that is an Excellent idea!... His brains and ability to communicate... would do wonders for the GOP! GOOD CHOICE!
MAJOR STUDY BY THE PEW FORUM ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE:
Republicans Can't Win Without Christian Conservatives (this means you, Rudy)
SOURCE: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:QS6fK2c8AP0J:pewforum.org/events/index.php%3FEventID%3D115
Americans who regularly attend worship services and hold traditional Christian religious views increasingly vote Republican, while those who are less connected to religious institutions and more secular in their outlook tend to vote Democratic, according to a major study by the Pew Forum.
Some of the conclusions of this report were already evident in 2004 exit polling data. For example, voters who attend church more than once a week (16 percent of all voters) chose Bush over Kerry by a margin of 64 – 35 percent.
Likewise, those who attend Christian denominational Churches on a weekly basis (26 percent of voters) supported the President by a 58 – 41 percent margin. Also very telling, those who never attend Church (15 percent of voters) overwhelmingly supported Kerry 62 – 36 percent.
The study further found that traditionalist elements within each religion tended to vote Republican, while modernist groups within the religions trended towards the Democrats. A multiple regression analysis of exit poll and public opinion survey data from 2000 and 2004 enabled the Pew Research Center to assign a relative weight to various demographic markers.
Interestingly, church attendance was tied with race as the most significant factor. But even that number is deceiving; in that race is only an important factor due to the high level of support the Democrats receive from black voters.
These trends represent a major shift over the past forty-five years. White Christian Evangelicals in 1960 favored Democrats by a two-to-one margin; now they are Republican by a 56 – 27 percent margin. Seventy-eight percent of them voted for President Bush in 2004.
In 1960, 71 percent of Catholics were Democrats and now Democrats have only a slight edge among Catholics (44 – 41 percent) and Catholics voted for President Bush (52 – 47 percent) in 2004. These trends have also brought an increased acceptance of religion in the public square.
While Americans do tend to favor the separation of church and state, 70 percent of voters want their President to have strong Christian religious beliefs. Likewise, the study reveals that 52 percent of Americans believe that Christian churches should express political views. Surprisingly, support for political involvement of churches is strongest among younger voters age 18 to 29 (59 percent).
Sure, fine-tuning is needed to get the base back on-course. But values are in---really in---and they're not going away.
No less a liberal than Newsweak's Eleanor Clift has said that if the new Dem majority gives Alcee Hastings--an impeached ex-judge--a leadership position, the Dem majority is doomed, and will last only two years. That's how strongly liberals are taking the "values" message.
Even Nancy Pelosi knows the drill---Nancy snubbed liberal Rep Jane Harman (D-Cal) for a leadership role b/c Harman is under investigation by the USAG for allegedly getting improper help from AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, regarding the House intelligence committee.
Summing up---if the Dims make one false move on values, conservatives will be all over them like a cheap suit.
Keep in mind that the more important issue is NOT what the Dims say or do, but how conservatives perceive their activities, and what we will do about it. They should start worrying about that.
Waddayounuts! If it looks like we're giving this idiot the bum's rush it could cost the GOP the hairdresser vote for generations to come! Think, man!
On his way outa Dodge, I hope he picks up Rove and Liddy Dole.
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