The only way the Rethugs could grab hold of power was the southern strategy. The key was through lower class Southern (and to a lesser extent ,western) voters was to grab a Bible and start thumping plus pump up thinly veiled racial politics.. The old guard upper class, ie rich white folks, just held their nose and went along for the tax cuts...
On the other hand the extremist Christians could only advance the agenda of American moral decay through a political movement.
A marriage made in hell.
Unfortunately for the GOP , whites and Christians are declining in the USA.
Amen
