SOME FUNDIES ARE COMING AROUND...

(Via Frank Rich)

Evangelicals Feeling Left Out, Poll Finds
Crucial Bloc Split On GOP Options, Feels Key Issues Are Being Ignored
Oct. 18, 2007


The survey, conducted from Oct. 12-16, found that while evangelical voters remain overwhelmingly conservative, they are largely unsatisfied with the current crop of Republican candidates, who they feel are not discussing their priorities - not gay marriage and abortion, with which evangelical voters are often identified, but issues that are also a top priority for voters overall, including the war in Iraq and health care. Among white evangelical registered voters, 23 percent want to hear presidential candidates discuss health care, while 20 percent want them to talk about the war in Iraq. Both figures are only slightly lower than the overall population of registered voters. Abortion and same-sex marriage were at the bottom of the list for both groups.