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Gadflyers Prove Prescient
We learn via MyDD, riffing off of something Tom Schaller pointed out and I have been seconding for weeks, that it's a very good thing that the likes of James Dobson and Jerry Falwell are taking credit for Bush's victory. A recent CBS/New York Times poll finds that in answer to the question, "What worries you more: public officials who don't pay enough attention to religion and religious leaders, or public officials who are too close to religion and religious leaders?", only 35% said they were worried by politicians who didn't pay enough attention to religion, while 51% said they were worried by politicians who were too close to religion. A year ago, these numbers were reversed, with 50% saying they were worried politicians didn't pay enough attention and 34% saying they were worried they paid too much attention. Although we can't say for sure, I agree with Chris Bowers that most of this movement probably happened since the election....