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Did “Oogedy Boogedy” Christians Scare Swing Voters Away From The GOP?
Say Anything — There’s a lot of inside baseball head-scratching going on about why the GOP lost, and one that is (naturally) getting a lot of traction with the media is the idea that some independent voters who leaned right were scared into voting Obama by the Christian right personified by Sarah Palin. Marc Ambinder sums it up: Is there evidence that suburban independents chose not to vote Republican primarily or even pluralily* because they worried about what Kathleen Parker calls the Oogedy Boogedy sect within the party? ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... in syndicated conservative columns. Of course, the war was a major reason why the GOP fell into disrepute, and Parker notably still has nothing to say about that. I am going to go out on a limb and guess that she has rarely, if ever, written a single word of serious criticism of the administration regarding the war. You cannot diagnose what ails Republicans if you have no credibility on this most basic of policy questions, and there is no reason to think that Parker has any. Those Oogedy Boogedy Christians - Marc Ambinder But the realities of politics today ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: rudy_giuliani) Those Oogedy Boogedy Christians - Marc Ambinder But the realities of politics today are such that the GOP cannot win national elections without the enthusiastic support of white evangelical Christians. They can try; ...

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The Moderate Voice — ... The Economy Grows: The economy is a hot topical over the world, including in India. India Is Being Hailed For Its Role In Fighting Modern Day Pirates who in no way resemble the old-time, romantic Hollywood image. On Raising A Boy: A MUST READ by Dean’s World’s Celia Farber. Is The GOP’s Christian Right The Key Or Barrier To The Party’s Future? Marc Ambinder writes: Is there evidence that suburban independents chose not ...

The GOP's "Oogedy-Boogedy" Problem, Ctd.
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Marc thinks it favors someone like Jindal: The demographics are changing, and it's probably true that the proportion of voters who identify as conservative evangelicals -- white conservative evangelicals -- will decline over time. It's also probably true that white conservative evangelical identifiers will become less focused on the cultural issues that defined our politics in the 1990s and more focused on the challenges of globalization, the environment and technology. That's the generational ticking time bomb for single issue pro-life voters. ...