I beg to differ.
In part, it is the religious right moral crusaders that have. The gambling law is one of many reasons the GOP lost in November.
I'm pretty socially conservative myself, but when the conservative movement traded in small government and fiscal freedom for nanny-state, Big Brother forced morality conservatism, they started falling out of favor.
I'm not diminishing the importance of Christianity in our society, not at all and I believe in it. I'm not talking about abortion and gay marriage here, I'm sure you and I agree on those issues. But when you start getting down into the individual things like this, you start seeing problems.
The GOP lost in November because the party has turned its back on Social Conservatives / the religious right. And they will lose again in 2008 if they don't wake up and realize they're ignoring us at their peril. We hold the keys to the success or failure of the GOP. Disbelieve me if you will, and just watch what happens...