Kathleen Parker in this column suggests that religious conservatives (what she calls the “the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP”) are to blame for the GOP’s shellacking on Election Day.
No, Kathleen, this, this, and this are a few of the more appropriate culprits.
I’m wary of commentators who blame loses (or prognosticate future doom for Republicans) based on one component of the party’s base. That’s in-fighting and a cop-out. Factoring in the cyclical nature of politics, this was simply the Democrats’ year to win. Suggesting religious conservatives are to blame — especially during an election year in which social issues played a virtually nonexistent role — is an asinine argument.
