Discuss “Say What?”

As a fiscally conservative, socially liberal Republican, I have found myself, as of late, to be part of a dying breed. With the re-election of President George W. Bush being viewed by many as an affirmation of the Republican Party?s efforts to meld together Christian religious ideals with government, moderate Republicans have been driven to examine their role in the party. There is only so much politicians like Sens. Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Lincoln Chaffee and Arlen Specter, as well as Rep. Charlie Dent, can do.

In ordinary circumstances, disenchanted Republicans might turn to the Democratic Party, once a bastion for secular values. But today that might be an equally unappealing option. As if the Republican Party?s embrace of the Religious...