I'm a liberal and a Unitarian-Universalist in Georgia. My faith is a very personal thing, and I'm just not comfortable talking publicly about my faith- especially around here.    But a lot of people here are, and do.  One of my wife's very good friends beams when she talks about how much she loves the Lord.  I squirm a little, but she beams.

I would never even attempt to run for office here unless I could talk about my values in a way that resonates with that huge red state sea running up from the south, through the midwest, and the out to the west.

But we democrats seem to have put up a lot of candidates just like me- unable to talk about faith and values.

This evening I listened to Nanci Pelosi on NPR.  She tried to talk about how democrats need to talk more about morals and values- but she could hardly get it out, she stumbled around so much.  And then she said "GOP does not spell GOD!"  I winced.  She so obviously had no idea how to talk about this.  And until we figure out how to do that, I fear we'll never make headway into the red states and it will be a long time before we win again.