Just to clarify my post below because obviously lots of people in comments didn't get my point so I must not have expressed myself well. I wasn't saying Amy Sullivan was wrong in her estimation of the degree to which Pat Robertson was truly representative of conservative evangelicals (I have no idea). Rather, I was saying that if he isn't representative in any sense then I can't see how any of the people who are trotted out in front of the camera to be the representative of those viewpoints really fit the bill. This wouldn't surprise me. Most of the people put out there to represent "the left" don't fit that bill either.
I wasn't trying to claim Robertson really does represent them. I was just suggesting that maybe they should try to find someone who does. And, no, I don't think Christians, or even "conservative Christians," are monolithic any more than any other large subgroup, but if all the ones on TV are off the map I'd quite like it if there were some better representatives. And, if I'm wrong and all the ones on TV *aren't* off the map then let me know who I'm not aware of.
