Karl Rove Hates Christians and Nobody Cares!!!!

Amy Sullivan's erractic but overall interesting TNR piece on the lack of left-wing exploitation of David Kuo's Tempting Fate can be found here. (Subscription required, I think).

Two solid quotes:

The problem is that Kuo's book creates cognitive dissonance for liberals. Conspiracy theories about theocracy have haunted liberals for the last few years, and, if you believe that religious conservatives lead Bush around by the nose, evidence to the contrary is impossible to absorb. Everyone on the left "knows" that the faith-based initiative is a slush-fund, a jackpot for religious conservatives. If it turns out instead to be a political sham that produced only 1 percent of the new funds it promised for faith-based organizations, liberals need rethink their theocracy-phobia.

And this:

Tempting Faith is unlikely to be the cause of disillusionment for evangelicals--they were already disenchanted enough--but it does confirm the worry and anger that has been festering. By ignoring that fact, liberals are serving the GOP by letting these emotions subside.