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Macscandal.jpgToday’s NYT piece on John McCain’s alleged unethical behavior has caused quite a stir. Conservative talking heads like Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham have rushed to McCain’s side. Yet, it is unclear how evangelicals will react to the controversy. CBN’s David Brody predicts much of nothing. Brody: “But my hunch is that for the most part, this story does nothing to radically change McCain’s relationship with Evangelicals. I mean, what? All of a sudden Evangelicals won’t vote for him because of this, or now vote for Obama or Clinton? I don’t see it.” Gary Bauer, who endorsed Mac a few weeks ago, suspects the Times of trying to drive a wedge between Christians and the presumptive nominee. Bauer: “Often it seems pretty clear that the real audience is Christian conservatives,” he states. “That is, left-wing newspapers will go after conservative politicians in order to undermine them with Christian conservatives.” Overall, there has not been much response from the Religious Right.

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