The victories by Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee in the Iowa caucuses last week make one thing clear: In America’s heartland, the God strategy works. Recent history suggests it won’t stop there.
In this approach presidential candidates make their religious faith demonstrably public and wield it as a campaign centerpiece. Out is a traditional wall of separation; in is a “bridge between church and state” that George W. Bush — who used the God strategy to perfection in 2000 and 2004 — offered early in his presidency.
This is not how it’s always been.
“the God strategy”
Given the frequency of this sort of usage (not to mention the likes of “Godtalk”), you might think “God” was some sort of commodity or recipe.