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JOHN FUND: Obama Builds a Big Tent . . . for Conservatives. ?In the past, more secular Tea Party t?

By Glenn Reynolds

JOHN FUND: Obama Builds a Big Tent . . . for Conservatives. “In the past, more secular Tea Party types might not have showed up at a religiously-themed event like ‘Restoring Honor.’ Similarly, many of the devoutly religious people I met at Saturday’s rally probably would in the past have shunned an explicitly political event such as Friday night’s Freedom Works meeting. But I kept bumping into the same people at both gatherings. . . . The conservative movement is maturing and learning to incorporate a wider cross-section of people under its banner. That may well be one of the more enduring accomplishments — albeit inadvertent — of Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid these past two years.”

I told you it was a new Great Awakening.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 30, 2010 (boomark / email).