Conservative Evangelicals Discuss Uniting Behind McCain
AP reports:
Conservative evangelical leaders met privately this week to discuss putting aside their misgivings about John McCain and coalescing around the Republican's presidential bid while urging him to consider social conservative favorite Mike Huckabee as a running mate.Read the whole thing.About 90 of the movement's leading activists gathered Tuesday night in Denver for a meeting convened by Mathew Staver, who heads the Florida-based legal advocacy group Liberty Counsel.
Many evangelical leaders backed other GOP candidates early on and remain wary of McCain's commitment to their causes and his previous criticisms of movement leaders. But with the presidential field now set, many evangelical leaders are taking a more pragmatic view, realizing also that the Democratic candidate, Barack Obama, is making a strong play for evangelical voters and talking freely about his faith.
(HT: Russell Moore)
Comments
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again. As long as people fall for the Two-Party System monopoly, things will not improve. In so many instance of life, people can't abuse you unless you give them permission. John McCain will NOT get my vote.
Posted by: Anakin Niceguy | July 5, 2008 10:14 AM
Anakin,
I think the humorous definition of insanity to which you refer is "repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting different results."
On several occasions in the last thirty years, religious conservatives have united behind certain presidential candidates, most notably Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Both men served two terms. While both Presidents have been markedly imperfect, both did much good to advance a pro-values, pro-marriage worldview that most religious conservatives hold dearly (late-term abortion restrictions, Supreme Court justices such as Roberts and Alito, opposition to embryonic stem cell research, and support for a Federal Marriage Amendment).
For many religious conservatives, myself included, McCain was not our first choice. But he is now our best choice, and I urge you to reconsider your statement. Our uniting behind an imperfect but preferable candidate has saved us from Walter Mondale, Al Gore, and John Kerry. And there is no doubt that Obama would be an unmitigated disaster of unprecedented proportions on so many levels. Join us.
Posted by: Alex Chediak | July 5, 2008 11:59 AM