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The group's success has been mixed. While widely acknowledged to have the ear of President George W. Bush and his chief political advisor Karl Rove , and while generally successful in its efforts to coordinate the Christian Right , it has also endured noteworthy embarrasments. In early 2005, it threatened to withhold support for the President's Proposed Social Security Reforms if Bush did not vigorously support a federal Constitutional ban on Same-sex Marriage . This provoked a firestorm of unwelcome media attention, but failed to produce the group's desired result (despite the President's continuing support for both their specific and broader aims). And later, in October 2005 , Arlington Group Chairman and Focus On The Family founder James Dobson became the center of a minor scandal after leaking assurances made by Rove to an Arlington Group conference call regarding the pro-life credentials of Supreme Court nominee and White House counsel Harriet Miers . Miers Withdrew Her Nomination later that month, largely due to reservations among conservatives. Despite these setbacks, the Arlington Group remains one of Washington's most powerful conservative groups, and the first effective combination of the major religious right organizations. MEMBERSHIP While the organization's deliberations (and membership list) are strictly off-the-record, the following organizations and individuals have been identifed in the media as members:
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