It'd be quite interesting to hear "Culture Warrior" Bill O'Reilly's analysis of the Massachusetts gubernatorial race between Republican Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey and Democrat Deval Patrick. O'Reilly's observations on the political struggle between "traditionalists" and "secular progressives" are related in some respects to this contentious contest.

If you accept the premise that the real strategy of Patrick's supporters is to effectively end current Republican governor Mitt Romney's Presidential candidacy, than this contest can clearly be construed as a battle between secular progressives and traditionalists, in the sense that the secular progressives who constitute Patrick's base cannot stand Romney's traditionalism, especially on social issues such as same-sex marriage. If a Patrick victory takes the wind of Romney's presidential sails, the secular progressives will have gained significant ground going into the next Presidential election, since Romney is, as of now, the only traditionalist with any real chance of being elected President in 2008.

Since secular progressives do not want Romney to come anywhere close to Presidential power (because of the traditionalist philosophy he'd maintain in Washington), the "SPs" are trying their best to ensure a Patrick victory over Healey, Romney's second-in-command. In their efforts, it appears that they are being aided by a voting bloc that O'Reilly has long placed in the traditionalist camp.

According to recent polls, nearly three-quarters of African-American voters are supporting Patrick in the race, despite Patrick's fervent support for same-sex marriage and his foursquare opposition to school vouchers. While Healey supports traditional marriage and school choice, African-American loyalty to the Democrat party seems to be the order of the day.

O'Reilly has long claimed that African-Americans are traditionalists, in part because of their opposition to same-sex marriage and support for educational choice. However, despite his claims, the national African-American vote has largely gone to secular
progressive Presidential candidates since the mid-1960s (largely through relentless anti-Republican propaganda spread by the secular progressives). If large numbers of African-Americans in Massachusetts do in fact vote for Patrick, a man who shares none of their social concerns, this will be another depressing example of the extent to which the secular progressive movement has manipulated African-Americans into voting against their traditionalist interests.

The same anti-Republican propaganda that secular progressives used for decades to convince traditionalist African-Americans to vote Democrat is now being used against Healey (and, by extension, Romney). Will this propaganda work again on November 7--or will Bay State voters of all races and backgrounds decide not to let this propaganda be a factor?