The shifting evangelical movement
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Michael Gerson is a syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to joining the Council, he was a speechwriter and top aide to President Bush.
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Michael Gerson, who served as a former speechwriter and top aide to President Bush, says that while 75 percent of evangelical voters cast their ballots for President Bush in 2004, Republicans can't count on the same kind of support from religious conservatives in this presidential election.
Gerson recently discussed what he calls the "new evangelicalism" at the Chautauqua Institution.
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