The Bull Moose Nails It

I have not always been happy with Marshall Whittman recently but he's right on target today. In the Unbearable Lightness of GOP Moderates he discusses the real problem the moderates have and sums it up nicely in a review of Christie Whitman's book where he writes:

" The GOP bigwigs pay obeisance to the religious right because it provides the shock troops for their campaigns. The Republican establishment cynically manipulates the cultural issues because a party that is dedicated only to redistributing wealth upward has little chance of majority status. Once elected, Republicans reward the religious right with some crumbs, while the real goodies are handed out to their wealthy donors and corporate cronies."

That says it all. The problem the Republican Party has now is that the religious right they were taking for a ride has hijacked the bus.