[lbo-talk] Palin in 2012!

[John Thornton]

Steven%20L.%20Robinson wrote:
> In the past, under Carter and Clinton, the religious right emerged stronger at the end of a Dem administration than they were at the beginning.  May be its going to be different this time?  In part it depends on whether an Obama administration is successful at dealing with the economic problems it will inherit. But by no means is the religious right a spent force.  SR 
>   

Not a spent force but not able to dominate the Republicans any longer 
either.
They are decreasing in both numbers and influence yearly.
In the end the Republican challenger can't be predicted because there 
are too many unknowns.

John Thornton