As politicians and the media alike pander to that supposed 22 percent of "moral values" voters, we're back where we came in.

"You are here because you're values voters, or you would not be here if all you could see was your narrow self-interest."

In recent weeks, he has met privately with evangelical leaders and started to reach out to values voters.

Many Polish-Americans were traditional values voters, and felt wronged by Richard Nixon during the scandal.

Mr. Morris's conclusion: "We had to get the values voters back."

On the issues that Republicans have turned into election-winning "wedges," Democrats will win back "values voters" only with fresh ideas.

Many "values voters" became Republicans.

To reprise it now, knowing it has no chance of passing, is so transparent that surely even the most blinkered "values" voters see through it.

While economic issues have dominated debate since then, the so-called "values voters" have sometimes felt sidelined.

Finally, the "values voters" who helped keep him in Washington believe that God needs to be more present in public life.