“The media trying to force a campaign narrative, regardless of whether it is true”
Now, about that Evangelical defection to Obama . . .
Mollie at GetReligion details and dissects “a new Pew study that indicates that Obama is getting slightly fewer — that’s right — fewer white evangelical supporters than John Kerry was at the same time four years ago.”
Wait a minute. I thought the whole center-right coalition was falling apart, led by the defection of Evangelicial Christians? I thought efforts like Obama’s faith-based initiative outreach to Evangelicals were changing the dynamic of the race?
Then again, maybe not. Mark Hemingway at NRO thinks the story line “is a classic example of the media trying to force a campaign narrative, regardless of whether it is true.” Golly, where have we seen that before? 
More on this here and here. And Blake Dvorak’s analysis is more compelling than anything you’ll probably see in the Washington Post or New York Times.
The Climb-Down Begins
Looks like James Dobson is having second thoughts:
“I never thought I would hear myself saying this,” Dobson said in a radio broadcast to air Monday. “… While I am not endorsing Senator John McCain, the possibility is there that I might.”
Dobson should think about avoiding sweeping predictions about the future, as in his statement that he’d never vote for McCain, or “I don’t believe that conservative Christians in large numbers will vote for a Mormon, but that remains to be seen, I guess.”
VeepWatch note
David Broder says what many (including me) are wondering:
McCain relies on his instincts for the big decisions, and I can’t tell whether he has really abandoned his initial thumbs-down judgment about Romney. He clearly needs help from someone to compete with Obama on the economy. Greenspan and Buffett aren’t going to do it for him.
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CarlH on 21 Jul 2008 at 3:24 pm #
Evangelicals and/or social conservatives (seemingly the same thing to some in the media, of course) flexed their muscles in Iowa over the weekend. The results, in my view, were not pretty–and in some respects are downright disturbing. Somehow, I think the chances that Iowa stays red for the 2008 presidential just went to absolute zero. But the Iowa GOP will be “pure”!
CarlH on 22 Jul 2008 at 7:56 am #
The Des Moines Register tracks some fault lines in the Iowa GOP after the takeover by “social conservatives” last weekend. [Corrected link to yesterday’s comment.]