Small-town to million-mile clubs, Texas Republican makes impact
KRT Wire | 05/29/2005 | Small-town to million-mile clubs, Texas Republican makes impact: "For 90 days and nights, as the 2004 presidential race intensified, David Barton crisscrossed the nation like a 21st century apostle.
He moved from fellowship hall to hotel ballroom, from one swing state to another - Florida, Ohio, Michigan - rallying the faithful to the polls.
His talking points were few - gay marriage, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer in schools. But they resonated among the devout in ways that job creation and the troubles in Iraq never did.
On Election Day, the Republicans solidified their hold on Washington thanks in part to Christian conservatives, who overwhelmingly backed President Bush. And Barton, a 51-year-old former math teacher turned amateur historian, is one of the reasons.
In many ways, he was the perfect man for the job.
Handsome and articulate, he knows politics from the inside. He is second-in-command of the Texas Republican Party. He vacations with powerful members of Congress. He's a friend of the president."
He moved from fellowship hall to hotel ballroom, from one swing state to another - Florida, Ohio, Michigan - rallying the faithful to the polls.
His talking points were few - gay marriage, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer in schools. But they resonated among the devout in ways that job creation and the troubles in Iraq never did.
On Election Day, the Republicans solidified their hold on Washington thanks in part to Christian conservatives, who overwhelmingly backed President Bush. And Barton, a 51-year-old former math teacher turned amateur historian, is one of the reasons.
In many ways, he was the perfect man for the job.
Handsome and articulate, he knows politics from the inside. He is second-in-command of the Texas Republican Party. He vacations with powerful members of Congress. He's a friend of the president."
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