American Divides: Christianity, Not Race?

Exit polls show that nearly 90% of Muslims went for Obama, a fact I am certain his campaign, and others, will recognize, especially since so many Muslims live in swing states like Virginia.  Can Muslims be a campaign force?  We are becoming more, not less, electable.  Good news for the long-run is tempered by uncomfortable news, especially for Indian Muslims, in the short-run.

Meanwhile it seems Christianity remains a segregating force in American society, as the more likely it was a white person went to Church, most especially an Evangelical one, the less likely s/he voted Obama: "Right now, nearly all U.S. churches serve a single ethnic group."  But considering the turmoil within the Republican Party, which will eventually manifest itself come candidate selection time, it is provocative to see newer voices and ideas in the Party and the awareness of the ethnic diversity that successfully moved Proposition 8, to ban gay marriage, in California:  Will the Christian and social conservative G.O.P. reach out to these minorities with a more populist agenda?  I am not convinced the Christian Right, or conservatism is dead; rather, Obama's team built a much stronger, more diverse coalition.

Right now, that works -- it focuses on the economy, on healthcare, on energy, against an obsession with cultural issues and foreign policy (mis)adventures.