I'm Proud to be a Theocon

The Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal had an interesting article today. Entitled "Theocon Moment", the column discussed the possibility of religious conservatives taking control of the Republican party.

This a good time for such considerations, because the last, limping years of the Bush administration find religious conservatives in a position of unusual strength--flush from victory in the Roberts and Alito confirmation battles; relatively untainted by the stumbling and scandals afflicting the GOP; and stronger, in numbers and credibility, than most of their rivals for control of the party. "National greatness conservatism" has foundered, at least temporarily, on the rocks of Iraq, while the starve-the-beast right looks in the mirror and finds the beast staring back, wearing Jack Abramoff's fedora. Which means that for the moment, the closest thing to a credible public philosophy the GOP has to offer emanates from the once-unlikely alliance of evangelicals and Catholics, and their God-infused politics of social reform.

Unfortunately, the article seems to call for Christians to compromise in an attempt to gain votes from the middle. I think this strategy is fatally flawed. You don't gain votes when you sacrifice integrity.

What do you think?