Quotes from introduction of this book written by Kevin Phillips:

"…the White House is courting end-times theologians and electorates for whom the holy lands are already a battleground of Christian destiny. Both pursuits, oil and biblical expectations, require a dissimulation in Washington that undercuts the U.S. tradition of commitment to the role of an informed electorate."

"…During the 1970's and part of the 1980's,I agreed with the predominating Republican argument that 'secular' liberals, by badly misjudging the depth and importance of religion in the United States, had given conservatives a powerful and legitimate electoral opportunity."

--Flo Wineriter