is the GOP also losing the evangelicals? "But in last November's Congressional races - where Democrats regained control of both the House and the Senate - some Republican defeats came at the hands of a new religiously-inspired movement, which some are calling the "evangelical left".
Switching allegiance?
The reality may be that the new movement is more centrist - and fed-up with being lumped in with the orthodox religious right leadership.
It is not so much that swathes of once Republican-supporting evangelicals are switching allegiance but more a question of taking a sceptical look at the narrow agenda that has defined their relationship with the Republican Party, according to John Green, of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
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perhaps they have awakened a sleeping giant, that they cant control.
now where have i heard that before?????
