Jim and John, and YOU, seem to want to spin this away from what is uncomfortable for them. The guy at PEW only took 48 hrs. or so before wanting to INSIST that 'value voters' didn't really matter - it was the war, or the economy. I said at the time, here and in the journal, that the left would be uncomfortable with the idea that people of faith voted Bush in. That would suggest that people of faith might be rewarded by a pro-life Justice, or high court appointees, a pro-life Amendment and whatever else. Defense of marriage, and so on.
But the effort to spin this as just another Marxist exercise is not convincing. And I just wanted to tell you that.
Of course people of faith played a part, and many of them were putting social issues first in that decision. Many of them were also putting national security and the WOT efforts first. Many of them were also seeing this President attempt to restore the economy and keep the government from picking their pockets as much. But for most, it was all of the above....the total picture.
Contrary to what you may think, most people of faith aren't single issue voters. Those that are had long-since decided that Bush isn't a "real" conservative, and went the way of single-digit candidates.
No, the article isn't full and complete as to the story, but it's one of the better ones in terms of myth-busting.