I agree. However, if the religious right pushes its social agenda too strongly, social moderates and social libertarians will drift away from the party.
My wife is a good example. She votes Republican, but would not vote for a GOP candidate who pushed for a hardline religious right social agenda.
There are, IMHO, three major GOP planks: social conservativism, fiscal responsibility and limitation of government. If you focus too much on one of these 3 areas while ignoring the other two, you lose voters.
What do you or your wife consider a "hardline religous right social agenda?"
...three major GOP planks: social conservativism, fiscal responsibility and limitation of government.
What do you consider an adequate level of social conservatism then?
I am really interested since these terms can be rather vauge and have different meanings depending on the individual.