So are Howard Dean's campaign managers reading TNR? And then basing strategy on it?

Dean, 55, who is a Congregationalist, has run a largely secular campaign to date, rarely speaking about religion except to offer support for separation of church and state.

But in an interview last week, Dean said he planned to share his religious views on the trail more frequently, particularly as his campaign moves south into states like South Carolina, which holds its primary Feb. 3.

I haven't found the exact quote, but I'm pretty sure that talking about how you're going to bring up religion as a political strategy is even worse than not talking about it at all.