Andrew Sullivan: American Conservatism is in trouble

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I don't just see it as being just the "religious right" (which seems to have replaced "middle america" when people want to describe dumb hicks). I don't know if anyone has come up for a term to describe political atheism/secularism but anyone with a moral values agenda scares me. even the good guys stop looking so good. the truth is the religious right as a whole is becoming more cultured, and liberal (and you can compare THAT to ten years ago). the problem is that even with some progress they're still demonized. so instead of it being a fertile time for our nation, in politics, you see this group being challenged, and alienated, greatly in part due to hatred towards bush and the republican old guard. there's a lot of moderates right now who make up this concept of "the religious right".

i'm not sure this adds anything to the conversation, but i cringe everytime i hear that phrase thrown out in such general terms.