John at Americablog makes a good point about the State of the Union.

Speaking of ignoring, what the hell happened to family values and the social conservatives. Did they get ANYTHING in the entire speech? Abortion, gone. Activist judges, gone. Gay marriage, gone. That’s the sleeper shocker of this speech, the utter cleansing of anything that would appeal to the family values crowd. They have truly become the crazy aunt in the attic, to be hidden at all costs.

That’s how it’s always been. The GOP has been playing the social conservatives like suckers for years and these voters, to their shame, dutifully show up at the polls every other year despite the mounting pile of empty promises. And as long as these wedge issues keep the “values voters” from jumping ship to a third party, they’ll continue to be exploited. Right wingers, it’s time to drop the faith in your party and realize that Republicans don’t care about you.