The New York Times reports on the G.O.P’s “faltering” efforts towoo black voters (and wow easily impressed white “moderates”) but so thoroughly disregards the role of religion in that strategy that former congressman J.C. Watts, a deeply conservative black Republican buried deep in the story, can sound like the voice of reason: “Republican strategists have appealed to socially conservative blacks by emphasizing social issues like same-sex marriage. Mr. Watts, the former Republican congressman, called that a ‘lame strategy’ and said the top concerns of African-American voters were racial and economic issues.’It