WILL THE DEMOCRATS GET RELIGION?

Check out this column in the Boston Globe. Stephen Prothero hits the nail on the head about "the God gap" between the two parties.

Now that the election has divided the Union yet again into blues and reds, Thomas Frank's "What's the Matter with Kansas: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America" has become a must read. Here Frank vents about how Republicans conned Kansas farmers and Wal-Mart greeters into voting for tax cuts for the rich. By dangling before these innocents false promises of an abortion-free America, Republicans bamboozled the good people of Kansas into voting against their economic interests. So what to do? Run left, Frank argues. Protect the interests of working people, not those of big corporations. Then watch America turn as blue as John Lee Hooker. So goes the sort of liberal the heartland loves to hate. The problem with this analysis is that there's nothing the matter with Kansas. As anyone who has ever hugged an evangelical can tell you, red-state Americans are not confused about their economic interests. They are simply subordinating them to what they believe are more important matters.

Bingo. Still, I'm confident most of far-left Democrats won't get it.