As a former card carrying member of the Christian Right (who was once in good standing) I have an educated opinion on a clandestine open meeting of the leadership of that subculture. That meeting took place over the weekend in Texas.
This gathering of mostly Evangelical, political activist firepower sent a few strong messages across the fruited plain.
First and foremost, they sent a message to Rick Perry to immediately suspend his campaign for president. Secondarily they sent a message to their compatriots to all back Rick Santorum for president, at least in the upcoming South Carolina race. Thirdly, they sent a message to those advancing federalism ala Ron Paul’s principled libertarianism as a cure to America’s ills. That former message is “fahgettaboutit.”
The call to rethink the embrace of big government solutions to every social ill — a GOP political pattern that began with the Rockefeller Republicans in 1964 — has been answered. Read the rest of this entry »













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