The End of the Religious Right?

Alright, I finished "God's Politics" and I've come back to babble more about how excited it's made me.
Since finishing it I've delved into Jim Wallis' blog for the book, and the Sojourners' own website, which among other things has great petitions that you can sign for social justice issues such as aid to Darfur and encouraging peaceful negotiations with Iran.
Then today I read this article from the "Times" that Wallis had written about how the Religious Right's Reign may be coming to an end-

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1590782,00.html

I can't deny that the prospect of an end of the Religious Right's Era of influence and rhetoric that holds so many Americans in sway really excites me. I would love to see a more moderate discourse take its place. The extreme hypocrisy and intolerance of the Religious Right has caused me enough shame and grief as Christian, and I've spent many a time trying to convince people skeptical of my faith that I don't hold the same views as these fanatics or agree with most of their approaches.
Imagine what this country would be like if no one party had a monopoly on faith. If people of both parties could talk about issues that mattered to Christians, and we wouldn't have to take sides or be automatically assumed to be affiliated with zealots who don't represent our own interests well at all.
The truth of it is, God isn't a Republican or a Democrat, and people of faith shouldn't have to feel trapped in one party or another. The majority of Americans are moderates (if you don't believe me, read "Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America" by Morris P. Fiorina for some compelling statistical evidence) and we deserve to have a discourse that recognizes all of our interests. Who says as Christians we can't care about the safe guarding of the environment AND the strength of families, or providing aid to the poor AND supporting a culture of life (the two should really go hand in hand in my opinion). Without the Religious Right's harmful influence, maybe we could get somewhere on the abortion debate, and actually work to decrease the number of abortions and alleviate the conditions of those who feel driven to have an abortion as a last result, instead of continuing the fruitless arguement over whether it should be legal or not. I'd like to believe things like that could happen if the Religious Right looses its influence over politics.
I hope with all my heart that the Religious Right's power is giving way to the voices of those who are less fanatical and more moderate. Because those voices would provide a conversation I would really want to get involved in.