GOP Losing the Religious Right -- Will They Have a Third Party Problem in '08?

The religious right has been experiencing a split for some time now.
Issues like same sex marriage and abortion still unite most of what's
referred to as the 'evangelical right', but other issues are creeping
in and disagreements about priorities has taken a toll. Aggravating the
situation for those who'd use 'value voters' as their ace card at the
polls are high profile scandals in Washington, the Iraq war, a debate
over torture, and issues that have been seen -- until now -- as secular
concerns, such as global warming and net neutrality.

As
evangelical opinions become more diverse, the Republican party --
historically the party of choice for the religious right -- are having
a harder time reaching the 'values voters' they've come to rely on. In
fact, it's looking like GOP can't count on the voters as much as they
could before and it's making November look pretty bleak for the GOP....

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