Reply #61: That's a good point, about polling...

[fabius]

The way the questions are asked has a lot to do with the answers they get.

Nevertheless, a change from 21% to 22% doesn't indicate a groundswell of "values" voters this year. I think this issue is more constant that you would believe from watching the media. And i would tend to believe a lot of other issues are really more important in people's minds.

The one thing they righties have done effectively, and as reflected in Frank's book is to equate the "liberals" with Hollywood, trashy sitcoms, Britney and Madonna etc. despite the fact that a lot of us deplore this pop culture stuff too. We just realize it's hard to stop trash culture without stifling other kinds of free speech.

And, of course, as Frank notes, the Republicans never actually deliver on legislation to do anything about the "values" issues anyway.