dagblog - Comments for "Southern Evangelicals: Dwindling—and Taking the GOP Edge With Them"

I hope you are correct. I've

rmrd0000 — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:07:03 +0000

In reply to Yes but, are there enough of

I hope you are correct. I've already voted in my state.

Yes but, are there enough of

trkingmomoe — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 23:54:54 +0000

In reply to Evangelicals are seeing their

Yes but, are there enough of them? The poor will be in the voting booth too and that group is growing in this country. It is the hidden middle class poor that will be also very angry. This group depends on food banks to help them make ends meet. Funding dried up this month for the food banks because there has not been a budget passed again. This group of people are now part of the Elisabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party.

There is a large ground game

trkingmomoe — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 23:13:24 +0000

In reply to I really wish I shared your

There is a large ground game going on in parts of the country. It is as large as it was in 2012 and maybe even larger in the competitive senate races. We will see how well the Bannock Street Project works for those senate seats. The fact that the Republicans have had to fight hard for Kentucky, Georgia, and Kansas, points to their weakness. Their brand hasn't sold well to voters under 40 years of age. The Reagan Revival Tent Show is losing it's audience because the people have caught on to the corporations that are steeling their hub caps in the parking lot.

We are now in our 7th political realignment that started when the country elected it's first African American President. The dominance of southern politics in DC is in the process of hitting the wall. The second gilded age will be reeled in with the next president. It is always a really messy process and that worries everybody.

Evangelicals are seeing their

rmrd0000 — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:31:18 +0000

In reply to Southern Evangelicals: Dwindling—and Taking the GOP Edge With Them

Evangelicals are seeing their worldview challenged and they will pour out to the polls. They sense that they are the only buffer against the end times. They see a Caliphate rising in the Middle East and the plague of Ebola finding a home in the West. They are fearful and they will vote their fear. The Supreme Court and the Pope have abandoned them on the issue of homosexuality. They are angry and will be at the voting booth.

I really wish I shared your

Verified Atheist — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:38:02 +0000

In reply to Southern Evangelicals: Dwindling—and Taking the GOP Edge With Them

I really wish I shared your optimism about 2014. I do think that in the long term, this ship will correct itself, but in the short term I don't feel good about 2014.