From this article:
The White House denied Kuo's account with help Thursday from two former officials popular among evangelicals — former speechwriter Michael Gerson and former faith-based initiative director Jim Towey. Gerson called Kuo's account "laughable," while Towey cited a December 2002 e-mail from Kuo expressing positive feelings about the program's progress in promoting "compassionate conservatism." "He doesn't seem to have been working at the same White House where I worked," Towey said. "I had marching orders from the president to keep the faith-based initiative nonpolitical, and I did."
***Note: Kuo never said "values voters." He said "evangelicals," which the White House denied.
Any honest Freeper would have told the truth about what was said and indicated this article is a flat out lie meant to harm the GOP further.
More:
In the book, Kuo, who quit the White House in 2003, accuses Karl Rove's political staff of cynically hijacking the faith-based initiatives idea for electoral gain. It assails Bush for failing to live up to his promises of boosting the role of religious organizations in delivering social services.
I would think that with the historical precedent of major loses in any president's 6th year one could argue that Republicans did dam well considering the mood of the country
In this article, Hemnick is talking about the PERCEPTION of the voters. The facts may be out of line with that perception, but voters vote (or stay home) based on their perceptions.
Republicans misunderstood that WRT several issues and lost the majority. To not understand that between now and Nov 2008 is to lose another election.
After you lose, you have two choices: continue to insist you are right, or learn from the loss and make the adjustments for next time.