PPI | Event | March 26, 2008
PPI Forum: Is the Religious Right a Spent Political Force?
At a forum recently held on Capitol Hill, the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) hosted a panel of experts to discuss the role of the religious right in the future of American politics.
After playing a pivotal role in the last two presidential elections, some believe that the religious right is now a spent political force. Sen. John McCain became the presumptive 2008 GOP nominee without the support of most religious conservatives, many of whom backed Gov. Mike Huckabee. In the absence of sustained media focus on the social issues that have united religious conservatives, rifts have developed over whether to broaden the movement's political agenda to include issues such as climate change and poverty. This raises important questions: How deep are these divisions? Is the religious right an exhausted political movement? What are the implications for both political parties?
MODERATOR:
Will Marshall, PPI President
PANELISTS:
E.J. Dionne, columnist, The Washington Post, and author of Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith & Politics After the Religious Right
Michael Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, and
Amy Sullivan, senior editor, Time, and author of The Party Faithful: How and Why Democrats Are Closing the God Gap
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