A Quote by Michel Martin

It's secret that evangelical Christians are critical players in Republican primaries.

Michel Martin

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Michel Martin
American - Journalist

It was assumed that you can't touch evangelical Christians. "Oh, they're the Republican Right. Stay away from those people. Don't even try to talk to them." Well, what's interesting is that there were evangelical Christians who were voting for Kerry. There were right-to-lifers who were voting for Kerry. And it's interesting to listen to the reasons why. To ignore that segment of the electorate is moronic. Particularly if you don't know who those people are, or what their concerns are.

Errol Morris

In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing!

Tony Campolo

You don't feel you have the same voice in a presidential election if you live in a solid blue or a solid red state. I also don't think we've educated voters well on the different ways in which primaries work in different states. It doesn't need to be the case that you end up with one Democrat and one Republican, you have open primaries, you can have jungle primaries. There are various permutations and combinations of how to do this.

Frank Bruni

Republican primary voters, whether they're close primaries or open, are voting for anybody but candidates attached to the Republican establishment.

Rush Limbaugh

As far as party primaries are concerned, both Republican - and Democratic - Party primaries are dominated by the most zealous voters, whose views may not reflect the views of most members of their own respective parties, much less the views of those who are going to vote in the November general election.

Thomas Sowell

The first lady of Uganda is a devoted evangelical and beloved by the faith community. At an evangelical conference in Argentina, one minister said, "Mama Janet has given us the keys to Africa." She has done that by creating a nation that has embraced a Dominionist form of Christianity that believes that Christians have a God-given right to rule the world.

Roger Ross Williams

I will continue to work with the Republican Party to try to encourage primaries.

Mitt Romney

Evangelical Christians are not sincere. It is all about making money.

Frank Schaeffer

I have made it my practice to not get involved in primaries because picking the Republican candidate is the voters' job.

Rick Scott

We live in a very pluralistic society today. There are Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, atheists, Roman Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Christians like me. There are a wide variety of religious expressions in this country. I think they all must be treated with respect and none of them must be given priority in the public arena.

John Shelby Spong

Obama is not a secret Kenyon, or a secret Muslim, he's a secret Republican.

Bill Maher

The Republican Party needs to, first of all, quit electing people in primaries that have prehistoric notions about women's issues.

Mark McKinnon

Evangelical women are also large consumers of evangelical media and ministries, and their support of these organizations is crucial. Should they shun both Trump and the predominately male evangelical leadership, it may have a ripple effect in these organizations' fundraising abilities and their ministerial efforts.

Anthea Butler

Nothing will motivate conservative evangelical Christians to vote Republican in the 2008 presidential election more than a Democratic nominee named Hillary Rodham Clinton - not even a run by the devil himself ... I certainly hope that Hillary is the candidate. She has $300 million so far. But I hope she's the candidate. Because nothing will energize my [constituency] like Hillary Clinton. If Lucifer ran, he wouldn't.