Didn’t watch the debate last night, but everyone I talk to seems to reiterate this line, from Sullivan:

With the Biblical literalist question, you see what Bush and Rove have achieved: the suspension of secular politics in the Republican party, and, by inference, the country as a whole. This has become, thanks to Bush and Rove, a religious contest. And that’s why, in today’s GOP, Huckabee is the proper leader. It’s a church; and he’s a minister. It’s a match made in heaven.