Questionable Motives.... on both sides

Washington Post opinion blogger Ruth Marcus today notes how the dems are beginning to show up with the likes of Joel Osteen (Pelosi), T.D. Jakes (Clyburn) and *gasp* Pat Robertson (the Deaniac himself). Although I appreciate that Dems need to reach out to evangelicals, and that their welcoming of these power players represents a certain small re-jiggering of the priorities of the "moral majority" - I still am rather dubious about the motives here.
1. Dems should not abandon their choice platform for a variety of very good reasons that probably run counter to most Christian teachings (especially when filtered through some of these mega-preachers).
2. Christians, in general, are not entirely stupid - and although I call myself both Democrat and Christian I realize that most do not fall into both those categories. Therefore I'm sure that there will be a certain amout of "they're just pandering to the right" talk among the "flock".
So, what should be done differently?
I actually think, with some reservation, that the Wallis, Bono, Warren liberal evangelical (or Catholic as it were) social policy approach is working. As the Democratic leadership they should be appealing to the people, primarily, not the leaders. Isn't that the historical base of the democrats anyway - why should they avoid that populist approach?