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Mike, I'm a liberal Democrat too, but I think you speak way too soon. This isn't the end of Christian influence in politics, it's the beginning. If/when McCain loses, their next step will be to form an overtly Christian party, with Sarah out front, and I think they will put the Republican Party out of business.
Middle America feels under attack from Godless Muslim Terrorists, and they see having gotten stuck with the "liberal" John McCain as their candidate as another in a long line of insults they won't willingly suffer again. The Christian Right has always taken a back seat while fiscal conservatives drove, but that ride has now gone off the cliff.