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Don't let the door hit ya...
The Political Carnival —
... Buh-bye now. See ya. Toodles. James the Quitter is throwing in the towel. I'd shed a few tears, but I'm too busy celebrating: But Friday's announcement that James Dobson is leaving Focus on the Family's daily radio show has much bigger political ramifications. Whereas Falwell and Kennedy had watched their power fade decades earlier and Weyrich was a behind-the-scenes Washington player rather than a cultural force, Dobson is still hugely influential among millions of Americans, particularly evangelicals. By leaving his ...
Independents’ Day: GOP has high expectations, but indie energy may rule
The Note —
... Marking an era's end, with James Dobson's retirement: "The deaths of former Moral Majority chief Jerry Falwell and activist/televangelist D. James Kennedy in 2007 and of Moral Majority cofounder Paul Weyrich last year had lots of people talking about how the Christian right's founding fathers were literally disappearing," Dan Gilgoff writes in US News & World Report. ...
