Radical Right: "We have the president"

An interesting couple of updates on the radical right and their attendance, or lack thereof, at the Republican convention.

Jerry Falwell tells AP that he has NOT been asked to give a prayer at the Republican convention, even though at least two parishioners at Falwell's church clearly recall being told last month that Falwell WOULD IN FACT deliver a prayer.

Of even greater interest, radical right leaders Pat Robertson and James Dobson say they feel snubbed and do not plan on attending the convention (too bad, would be great theatre).

Another interesting point is that a planned rally by the radical right at the GOP Convention has been canceled because of "security concerns." Yeah, they were concerned about securing the votes of normal Americans.

Of course, my favorite quote is from Roberta Coombs of the Christian Coalition who told the Washington Post: "We have the president."

Contrast this to the gay Republicans raising hay over the GOP platform and it's looking like the GOP Convention very well could be the Gay Old Party Convention. At the very least, the convention is already in danger of being enveloped by the gay and radical right controversies, which is great news. The GOP leaders have chosen to define their party by gay and radical right issue, so it's only appropriate that that's the spin they get.