re: #471 Charles

Apparently you don’t recall the reason why John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate: to mollify the religious right, particularly James Dobson, who was about to command his millions of followers not to vote for McCain. Palin was a sop to the religious right by McCain, and it worked — Dobson gave McCain his endorsement after he chose Palin.

And then he lost anyway.

I agree that is one of the factors he picked Palin. However, you said the Theocrats control the Republican party and that is simply not true. Are they a constituency that plays a role in the party, absolutely.