I never noticed him to have much political clout.
Dobson is well known in Christian circles so his opinions get more attention than the average citizen, but he hardly heads up the Christian Right, Inc.
Dobson's so-called influence is no different than that of any other famous person. Yet these reporters don't spin big power struggle stories about those people. They need to just get over it. Dobson is an American citizen with many friends. That doesn't mean we turn over our voting rights to him. But hey, I listen to what he has to say. Frankly I haven't entirely agreed with him this election cycle. But it is not because I respect him less or because his influence is waning. These reporters haven't got a clue what people like me think about things. They see Dobson standing in the way of their social agenda and they just can't stand him.
Apparently...not many people are responding to this thread, LOL!
Okay, seriously now...the majority of Dobson's clout is in his mind.
How could his clout be fading?
He hasn’t never a candidate to endorse and has stayed out of the race.
He is not a king MAKER. Neither is Rush.
Today Dobson is irrelevant...Yesterday Rush was irrelevant...because both refuse to back a RINO. They’ve been made irrelevant by a field of unconservative Republican candidates. They could be RELEVANT again if only they would get with the program and stop being conservative like the Republican party has.
Split up the Conservatives by getting them to fight amongst themselves.
However, unlike most highly educated liberal Sheople, conservatives can usually think for themselves.
All this jumping on the bandwagon that there are no more power brokers and wielders in the conservative base is nothing but the left piling on gobs of wannabe Shiite.
One thing for sure is that conservative are not ignorant enough to hate their own country as many egg sucking liberal dogs have shown over the last few years.
Dobson and other ‘Bible-thumpin’ Christians like myself are scared that Huckabee would turn the White House into a defacto Theocracy, which would certainly be violating the spirit of the Establishment Clause in the Constitution.
Huckabee is running for President to promote and show off his Christianity, and improving America and its people seems to be an afterthought.
GWB, on the other hand, ran for President firstly to improve and protect Americans, and yet remained proud to profess and display his Christian faith.
There is a BIG difference between the two.
A Huckabee nomination would send Jewish Republicans, secular Republicans, and even evangelical Republicans staying home in droves.
Huck has already violated in spirit the Establishment Clause when he said recently that he would rather have the Constitution changed to fit “God’s Word” than “God’s Word” to fit the Constitution.
I know what he means, and empathize.
But secular Americans see that as stepping over the line. The mainstream media would play that quote over and over and over all summer, if Huck were to be nominee.
The Republican Party would be demolished in November.
Lastly, Huckabee simply does not project the perception of “strength”.
He is kinda frumpy, demure, and not someone who best represents the power and strength that is America.
Huck seems to be a great Preacher. He should stick to what he does best.
Either these "conservatives" were snookered or they just went ahead and voted for the Christian socialist.
Doesn’t have much clout here in Colorado. Unless you’re into Colorado Springs local Politics.