It is clear how, in Mr McCain's mind, the religious right is one such group.
The governors were also exceptionally closely associated with the religious right, far more than Mr Bush.
Phyllis Schafly, another conservative leader, listed those parts that pleased her followers on the religious right.
For the Versace controversy illustrates a paradox at the heart of America's religious right.
Now they and their supporters on Israel's nationalist-religious right regard Mr Sharon as a traitor.
Hawks within Pakistan's armed forces and the religious right may block General Musharraf from doing so.
In some important ways, the religious right is not right-wing any more: it is the religious centre.
Mr Reagan supported his religious right wing, at least in theory, but as a buttress, from the outside.
That logic applies not just to the religious right but, increasingly, to other sections of the Republican Party.
Indonesia has more than 190m Muslims, and the government is occasionally guilty of pandering to the religious right.
Look at public-opinion polls, and you can see that the religious right is a balloon waiting to be pricked.
Several elements of the "religious right" have picked on persecution of Christians worldwide as one of their new themes.
In fact, there is a direct link between his attacks on lobbyists and his attacks on the religious right.
Two years ago, the Republicans' electoral fortunes were indeed hurt by internal squabbles between the religious right and moderates.
But the Christian Democrats and other smaller parties on the religious right are, to put it mildly, less keen.
Has Bush's reputation in the Golden State been tarnished by his support from religious right leaders such as Pat Robertson?
In recent months, Chick-fil-A has become an unexpected totem for the religious right with its vocal position against gay marriage.
Both are centrists, though Mr Firestone will win more liberal votes and Mr Steel more votes of the religious right.
The religious right is also divided over a more immediate issue: whether to rally behind Mr Bauer or Steve Forbes.
Protestants for the Common Good, formed in 1995 to counter the impact of the religious right, has an overtly leftish agenda.
Versace's obsession with celebrity further alienated him from the religious right, which idealises the steady modesty and anonymity of ordinary Americans.
But more so than Bush, Perry has stronger bona fides with its hard core base of fiscal conservatives and the religious right.
The religious right's message is simple because banning things is simple: if you want to stop abortion and gay marriage, vote Republican.
On some of the most important of these, the president cannot do the religious right's bidding, even if he may want to.
Begin with the fact, little noticed by the left, that much of the old religious right is in a state of collapse.
The embrace of the new, central to a country constantly renewed by immigrants, is in this sense shared by America's religious right.
General Musharraf admits that the religious right is poised to protest violently.
But some Muslims claim it to be their religious right in America.
His third advantage is that the religious right is in the doldrums.
In 2012, S. Truett Cathy's Chick-fil-A fried chicken chain became an unexpected totem for the religious right with its vocal position against gay marriage.
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