Frist not invited to evangelical rally

[dogday]

Oh Boo Hoo, Poor Frist

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist spoke by video to the first "Justice Sunday" evangelical rally in April, but he wasn't invited to address "Justice Sunday II," even though it's in his home state of Tennessee.

Since the first rally, the potential 2008 presidential candidate has angered the events' organizers by stating his support for expanded human embryonic stem cell research. (Full story)

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, was invited to speak at the August 14 rally.

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins said Tuesday on the group's Web site that Frist's recently announced stem cell stance "reflects an unwise and unnecessary choice both for public policy and for respecting the dignity of human life."


http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/02/frist.evangelical.ap/

[catabryna]

1. I think he's finally come to the conclusion...

that if he's going to run for president in 2008, he's going to have to go out on a limb and steer away from the Christian right. His focus right now has to be the moderates in the party. We also have to remember, that it doesn't really matter who the GOP is running for President; he's still going to get most of the Christian right votes in the end because they would never, ever vote for a Democrat and the option of not voting at all or voting for, let's say, the Constitution Party, will help the Dems.

[endarkenment]

2. Coordinated maneuver to make Frist more palatible. EOM.