73 Days to Decide: Will Religion Decide November?
The Ground Zero mosque. Gay marriage in California. The president’s religion.
These topics have little, if anything, to do with the economy, the issue that has dominated the political landscape all year and sent incumbents into a panic about their own job security. But with just over two months to go until the November midterms, curveball social issues have jolted a campaign season that until now has been about job creation and fiscal discipline — with a little illegal immigration and health care thrown in the mix.
Political strategists say the economy still dominates and that candidates who leap for the eye candy of headlines on religion run the risk of alienating independent voters who tend to avoid the hot-button culture issues and are focused on their pocketbooks.
But the culture wars are starting to play in certain races.
In Florida, where the primaries are being held this Tuesday, the top Republican candidates for governor have both seized on the debate over the Islamic center proposed near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan.
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Fuck the religious. You people’s dream of a perfect Earth is one full of ignorance and injustice. Get science, and live: give up your stone age cosmology.