If they wanted to alienate conservative Christians, they're making every effort to do so.

We encourage these kinds of initiatives. We think they're necessary to protect the sanctity of marriage.

It seems they made every decision they could to alienate us.

We certainly understand that Christians have difficulties in life, even ministers. But this was not a realistic portrayal of a minister's life. This was so far beyond the pale, it was almost a comic-strip version.

Spending is the first thing you hear about when you go out and talk to conservative-base folks.

They walked into the convention very unified and, in the process, drove away a lot of conservative Democrats.