16th Century for Santorum

This Headline in the LA Times is misleading:

GOP on a Mission to Save Santorum
Republicans go all-out to boost the trailing Pennsylvania senator, a key social conservative.

Now when we you read the article you will find that it's not the Republican National Committee that's on the mission, they have written him off, but the Religious lunatics who want to return to the 16th century.

ROSYLN, Pa. — Keith Hollenberg, a member of the evangelical Assemblies of God church, is worried that one of his political heroes is about to lose his bid for reelection.

So when he saw Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) at a car show here, Hollenberg volunteered to help in what has become an urgent project for social conservatives in Pennsylvania and around the country: keeping Santorum in the Senate.

"I'm a big fan of yours," Hollenberg told him. "Keep on pulling for the right thing."

Santorum, an outspoken advocate of banning same-sex marriage, restricting abortion, and other social conservative causes, is considered this year's most-endangered senator.

Is this legal?

Across Pennsylvania, pastors are preparing to stuff voter guides into their Sunday bulletins. In Washington, D.C., Paul Weyrich, a national conservative leader, hosted a conference call to give a pep talk to Republicans in Pennsylvania.

Of course separation of church and state only applies to opponents of the Republicans and the Bush administration.

More than any other race a Santorum loss would indicate that the power of the radical Christian right in American politics was nearing an end. It is not the GOP that is out to salvage Santorum, it is the lunatic fringe.