As barack obama and John McCain move into the final two months of this longest of elections, white evangelical or "born again" Christian voters are being fought over more fiercely than at any time in modern history. Both parties employ evangelical outreach specialists. Both are spending a lot of time courting evangelical leaders. And both are holding meetings with "values voters" to try to reassure them.rnThe Democrats have at last realised that it is foolish to write off a group that makes up an astonishing 23% of the population. In 1988 Michael Dukakis could hardly bring himself to speak to evangelicals. This year all the major Democratic candidates have cuddled up to them. Mr Obama says that he is "somebody who really has insisted that the Democratic Party reach out to people of faith".
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