15 Jan 2005
Religion and the White House

The teaser from the article says it all ...

President Bush's advisers bridle at the suggestion that the White House owes a big political debt to evangelicals, even though they were a key part of his winning coalition in November. "The election was bigger than any one segment," argues a senior White House official. But, while the president doesn't want to seem beholden to any special interest, this doesn't mean he is out of step with conservative Christians. Quite the contrary. "What people are overlooking is that his values are the same as the evangelicals'," another Bush adviser explains. "He considers himself one of them. He doesn't need anyone to push him in their direction. He's already there."

(link) [U.S. News & World Report]

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