==This creationist stuff is a good part of the reason conservatives keep losing elections.
Read some history books. Ronald Reagan was ushered into office at the height of the religious right’s influence in the GOP.
Yes, but two points: First, this was after Jimmy Carter. We all remember that buffoon. Second, this was before the big creationist movement got really organized and started pushing for legislation, taking over town councils, schoolboard, and filing multiple lawsuits. Second, this was before Terri Schiavo (with attended disgust and publicity), and the whole "contraception is murder" campaign.
I have many friends that are democtrat-lights, and when I ask them why, they invariably mention the creation movement, contraception, and "any abortion is murder" policies that seem to have taken over the republican party. These potential libertarian conservatives (small "l") think the party is nuts.