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To: Oblomov who wrote (48972)	3/30/2006 1:31:46 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

I'm not sure Weisberg is correct when he writes: '[Phillips] contends that the GOP has become America's first openly religious party, in thrall to Christian "premillenialists" who think the end is nigh. Bush has indeed allied himself with his party's evangelical wing. But while Karl Rove's pander-to-the base strategy got Bush narrowly re-elected, the entente hasn't truly served Bush or the religious right. The appearance of extremism on issues of church-state separation and stem-cell research has helped dig a deep hole for the president and his party, alienating secular and libertarian Republicans uncomfortable with the revival-tent atmosphere. And evangelical power appears to have peaked. Since the Terri Schiavo debacle, the religious right has mainly embarrassed itself by battling evolutionary theory.' I hope Weisberg is correct about the demise of religious extremism in America. I'm not so sure. Thanks. A pretty harsh review ...