Dick Morris is at it again.  America's most notorious political consultant is offering more of his controversial advice.  We should have seen this coming. 

Morris began his political career working for Bill Clinton.  An advisor in Clinton's 1977 race for governor of Arkansas, Morris later hit the big time, working for both Democrats and Republicans.  He helped Trent Lott win his US Senate seat and joined George H.W. Bush as a presidential campaign advisor in 1988. 

Since then, he has been an advisor for hire.  Now, he is ready to offer free advice to the Republican Party.  The sub and substance of his recommendations--ditch the Christian right. 

Morris's advice was predictable, given the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California in that state's infamous recall election.  "Schwarzenegger offers Republicans a winning formula for the future," Morris argues, "combining fiscal conservatism with progressive positions on social issues." 

"The Republican Party made a pact with the Christian right in the 1970s," Morris explains.  Ronald Reagan put together a coalition of anti-tax, anti-government, anti-abortion, and pro-defense voters and went on to win the presidency by a landslide--twice.  As Morris explains, "The coalition between economic and social conservatives animated [Reagan's] 1980 triumph and made the ensuing 10 years into a Republican decade." 

That's all over, now.  Morris advises that the Republican Party must sever its ties with Christian conservatives or enter into a period of inevitable retreat and defeat.  "Ever since the 1980s," Morris argues, "The Republican Party has paid the price for its coalition with the advocates of bedroom regulation."  How?  "The Christian right has so alienated women that it has opened up gender gap that often swells to more than 20 points, crippling Republican candidates."