and dictates of conscious if they were irresistably obeyed there wouldn t be a need for government. any good successful society is predicated on a morning people. and so it would seem that there s a natural fit here. but, conventional wisdom in the political world if you talk abortion, gay marriage and social issues and your platform is based primarily on that, politically it is not as viable as running on economic issues or maybe on national defense issues. right. i think that s wrong. the fact is, politics, deepest best sense a moral enterprise. why? politics deals with great issues of justice, moral good, human flourishing. that s something that people of faith care about. sean: you say in the book that you think that the religious or conservative right could have done things better. you also talk about we are in a transitional moment, as it