"Perhaps there are some here who also sense that what's being lost is more than just a single election. The fact that the GOP ticket is trailing behind despite the addition of Palin clearly proves that while conservative Christians may be a formidable force in American politics, they can't elect a president by themselves.

The right-wing evangelicals won in previous years because they joined a Republican coalition that also included hawkish neocons, working-class "Reagan Democrats," libertarians, and old-fashioned fiscal conservatives. And some of those groups have clearly had enough. They are departing the flock in disgust with the Republican Party, which could leave the GOP ever more dependent on the Christian right. "

And, at least eight years ago, they had a candidate that exciting them. Now they don't.

Colorado Springs is also the cite of the United States Air Force Academy.

When in Colorado Springs, do not drink the Kool Aid and the communion host; stick with Coor's, one is sure of the content, has Uncle Ted been de-gayed yet?