Huck made a comment about Religious Rightists that's appropriate here — not any kind of victimhood remark which some Religious Rightists engage in (they are definitely the objects of discrimination and hatred, but as with lefty interest groups, though much less frequently, they sometimes exhibit a true persecution complex, even when and where they are dominant in their local society). The remark Huck made was about how Religious Rightists were “allowed onto the” [GOP] “bus” but expected to go to the back of it, never to have a real say in where the bus was going or to drive the bus.

To some extent we may be seeing this, this year with Obama versus Clinton, for in the past, black Americans have remarked that the Dem leadership takes them for granted the way the GOP takes R-Righties for granted — or more specifically, their votes. Obama is well left of center (as is Hillary when unmasked; the two hardly differ at all in their policy objectives). Yet he is within the Dem mainstream and is a viable, serious alternative to Clinton among Dem voters this year. Obama has already made more progress and expectations now are or should be higher among black Americans than they can be for the Religious Right. Why should the Obama crowd (most importantly black Americans, but also the youth vote and the affluent “progressive” stereotypical left-Dem vote) accept simply being ordered and expected to vote for Clinton? Obama is not outside the Dem mainstream.