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Family Research Council stories: 5 news summaries

Huckabee Wins Conservative Straw Poll

Palin lags behind
with Pawlenty,
Romney, Pence

Sep 19, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee easily won a presidential straw poll today at a conference for social conservatives, Politico reports. The former Arkansas governor garnered 28% of 597 votes at the annual Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. Tying for second, each with about 12% of the vote, were former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt... More »

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Mitt Romney • Mike Pence • conservative • Mike Huckabee • straw poll • Tim Pawlenty • Family Research Council • Sarah Palin

Abortion Foes: Cut Funding for Flush Planned Parenthood

They seek to keep the nonprofit from getting public funds

Dec 10, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Abortion opponents’ newest strategy includes lobbying state and local governments to cut public funding for Planned Parenthood, the Wall Street Journal reports. Religious conservatives have taken to arguing that the organization is running a surplus and doesn’t need public dollars, which account for a third of the nonprofit's budget.... More »

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abortion • health insurance • Planned Parenthood • Family Research Council • cancer prevention • public funding

ANALYSIS

VP Picks Lieberman, Hagel:
Disasters for Party Bases

Candidates seem certain to pay for aisle-crossing tickets

Jul 18, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - With talk that John McCain and Barack Obama could pick Joe Lieberman and Chuck Hagel, respectively, to round out their tickets, liberal and conservative stalwarts tell Politico the aisle-crossing VPs would likely wreak havoc with the parties’ bases. While each has broken with his party on Iraq, Lieberman is far... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Chuck Hagel • Joe Lieberman • vice president • Family Research Council • NOW • NARAL • American Conservative Union

Rudy Tells Religious Brass 'I’ll Go It Alone'

Candidate picks direct appeal to voters rather than courting leaders

Oct 3, 07 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani is going directly to values voters rather than risking confrontation with their kingmakers, and one aide says Rudy doesn’t need the brass on his side. The socially liberal GOPer hasn’t met with the Arlington Group and is the only Republican who hasn’t responded to a... More »

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religious right • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • Family Research Council • Arlington Group • social conservatives

Blackwater CEO Thick as Thieves With Bush, Christian Right

Prince's ties date to White House internship

Oct 2, 07 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CEO of embattled Blackwater USA has deep ties to the GOP and the religious right, beginning with a college internship in the first Bush White House. Erik Prince’s security firm's federal contracts have grown from under $1 million in 2001 to over $1 billion today, and he's made... More »

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religious right • Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • Jerry Falwell • James Dobson • Blackwater • Focus on the Family • George HW Bush • Erik Prince • Family Research Council • Council for National Policy

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