Shaking off the Christian Dominionists

Glenn Reynolds thinks that the GOP and the Bush Administration may be sliding out of popularity by appearing to be too close to Christian Dominionists such as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.

I agree. This is a political error, since it will alienate the middle. Also, I would personally hate to see Dominionists come to power in America.

So I propose that Bush pick a public fight with James Dobson and openly condemn Christian Dominionism. Something of a Sister Souljah moment. Bush would reinforce his popularity with swing voters. I doubt that he would have much to lose because (a) he can't run for re-election again so he doesn't need them and (b) I don't think that the Dominionists have as much power as they project.