The Decline and Fall of Jim Dobson

From The Economist comes a piece of analysis of the declining influence of James Dobson, who is currently fighting evangelicals like Richard Cizik over climate change. Apparently Conservative evangelicals aren't walking in lockstep with the old timers.

Here is an interesting tidbit:

The problem is that Mr Dobson is not all that good at politics. He displays all the characteristic weaknesses of evangelical politicos—overreaching hopelessly and then blaming failure on want of political courage. He was the prime force behind both the fight to keep Terri Schiavo's feeding tube in place and the push for a gay-marriage ban. But a majority of evangelicals disapproved of the first and a large number of his fellow social conservatives warned, rightly, that the second was a waste of effort.

Thanks to Melissa Rogers for the tip. Interesting stat mentioned by Melissa -- the average age on Dobson's mailing list is 52!