Can Christian Coalition aid '08 campaign?

[maddezmom]

CHARLESTON, S.C. - An important ally when George W. Bush first won the presidency, the Christian Coalition of America says it's poised again to help a conservative win the White House. Whether it can back up that pledge is an open question.

In the seven years since Bush beat John McCain (news, bio, voting record) en route to the Republican nomination, the coalition has spiraled into debt and its leadership has fractured. The coalition is trying to resurrect its once-vaunted influence at a time when religious conservatives are struggling to find an acceptable candidate among the leading contenders for the 2008 Republican nomination.

"Bush was just a darling, I think, of the religious right. But I think that this is going to be a different election because you don't have a George Bush running," said Roberta Combs, president of the South Carolina-based group that claims a mailing list of 2 million members and sends weekly e-mail blasts to 1 million potential voters.

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Add to that a whiff of impropriety stemming from Reed's ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and it shows that once-powerful Christian conservative personalities "are not the kind of moral avatars that they claim to be," Balmer said. "The religious right is simply collapsing beneath its own weight."


Money also has been a problem. Records show the coalition had $17,498 in cash and $1.7 million in debt at the end of 2005 after raising $2.3 million. A year earlier, it had $150,921 in cash and debt of $2.2 million, with only $1.1 million donated.

"The organization is a shell of what it used to be and on the verge of going under completely," said Bill Moore, a political scientist at the College of Charleston.



more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_el_pr/broken_bible_belt

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[fasttense]

1. Thanks for posting that happy news maddezmom.

This deserves a few smilies. :) :bounce:

[ClintonTyree]

2. Looks like they're running out of sheep to fleece...

the flock has been sheered to often, they have nothing else to give.

"Bush was just a darling, I think, of the religious right. But I think that this is going to be a different election because you don't have a George Bush running," said Roberta Combs, president of the South Carolina-based group that claims a mailing list of 2 million members and sends weekly e-mail blasts to 1 million potential voters.

:wtf: We could do without another "darling" like george bush, that's for sure. These people don't see the damage bush has done to this country or, even more disturbingly, they don't care. If they actually think that bush has been an asset to our nation then they need to be lobotomized, never being allowed to vote again. Some people ARE too stupid to vote and the christian conservatives fit that description to a tee.

That they're, "a shell of what it used to be and on the verge of going under completely", is music to my ears. God should be ashamed of himself if he can't create and anoint a better person than george bush to run the country the christ-cons view as god's favorite.

[yurbud]

3. even better, their endorsement will be a turn off to independents