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 Meet the New Sarah Palin 


Aug 8, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Sarah Palin gone, Democrats have penciled a new name atop their hitlist: Michelle Bachmann, the far-right Minnesota rep. who once called Barack Obama “anti-American.” Like Palin, Bachmann’s a fierce social conservative with a large family and an upper Midwestern accent. And, of course, she drives Democrats... More »

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conservative • Minnesota • social conservatives • Sarah Palin • Michele Bachmann

(Newser) - Sarah Palin might have had a shot at the presidency, writes Ross Douthat, but she blew it—10 months ago, when she accepted John McCain's offer to join the ticket. Instead of easing her way into the national spotlight, she was catapulted before she was ready, exposing her inexperience and... More »

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Barack Obama • Alaska • social conservatives • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • political elite • McCain-Palin • media elite • Ross Douthat

Huckabee's Plan to Revive GOP Doesn't Add Up

Nate Silver shows why party shouldn't play to social conservatives

May 11, 09 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps it's Mike Huckabee's admitted distrust for math, but he's dead wrong about the best strategy to bring back the Republican Party's power, writes Nate Silver on his blog. To make the case that the party shouldn't move to the middle, Huckabee says, "People that are social conservatives are... More »

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GOP • Mike Huckabee • voters • Republican Party • statistics • fiscal conservatives • social conservatives • moderate

GOP Base Sees Moderate Plot in Reform Group

Righties compalin that Cantor rebranding
effort excludes them

May 8, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Eric Cantor's high-profile new group aimed at diagnosing what ails the GOP, members of the party base are worried that the answer might be them. Social conservatives from Steve King to Mike Huckabee are accusing the group of excluding them from the National Council for a New America, Politico... More »

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Mike Huckabee • social conservatives • Eric Cantor • J. Kenneth Blackwell • National Council for a New America

(Newser) - Gay marriage rights are spreading faster than ever, and it’s happening awfully quietly, reports Rick Klein of ABC News. Conservatives barely made a peep when gay marriage was legalized in Iowa or Vermont, and aren’t mounting much resistance to motions to do the same in New York, Connecticut,... More »

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religious right • gay marriage • civil union • social conservatives • conservatives

Newsweek in
Hot Water Over Gay-Bible Story

Social conservatives denounce 'attack' article as 'full of holes'

Dec 9, 08 8:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Social conservatives are lashing out against Newsweek’s current cover story, “The Religious Case for Gay Marriage,” for what they say is a flawed take on both the Bible and the root of their argument against such unions. The story was “yet another attack on orthodox Christianity”... More »

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gay marriage • Newsweek • Christianity • religion • Bible • social conservatives

Religious Right Plots Takeover of GOP

Moderates have
pushed party out of power, some argue

Oct 28, 08 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Social conservatives are wrangling with moderates for control of the GOP, plotting a January takeover of the Republican National Committee even if John McCain wins, the Los Angeles Times reports. Moderates like Colin Powell say the party has alienated voters—especially minorities—by narrowing its focus, but “moderating our... More »

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immigration • John McCain • abortion • gay marriage • RNC • Republican Party • illegal immigration • social conservatives • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • conservative base

ANALYSIS

 Ignored Hoosiers May Turn Blue 

Obama is within striking distance in typically Republican Indiana

Oct 20, 08 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indiana has voted Republican 16 times in the past 17 presidential elections, so why is Barack Obama even bothering to run ads and rally? The state that favored George W. Bush over John Kerry 60-39% is showing surprising support for Obama—enough that he could scrape out a win, ... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • GOP • Indiana • fiscal conservatives • social conservatives • voter turnout • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

Conservatives Are Victims in Their Own Minds

GOP rages against
elite while holding
the reins of power

Sep 15, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh & Co. like to deride liberal America’s “culture of victimhood,” but these days, it’s conservatives who are acting like victims. The GOP is encouraging its supporters to feel aggrieved and besieged by snooty “elites,” writes Gregory Rodriguez in the Los Angeles ... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • conservative • social conservatives • victimization • elite • political elite

Moderates Feeling Snubbed
at Grand Old Party

Choice of Palin underscores how pro-life wing hamstrings party, some say

Sep 4, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where conservatives once felt uneasy with John McCain, his drift rightward now has moderates wondering if there’s a place for them in the Republican Party, the Chicago Tribune reports. “We are discouraged by the platform,” says one pro-choice Republican, noting that while she was glad to have... More »

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John McCain • conservative • social conservatives • McCain 2008 • moderate • conservative base • the moderate vote • Republican National Convention

Palin Might Also Have Pastor Problems

Wasilla church leader Kalnins says Bush critics will go to hell

Sep 3, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - It turns out Sarah Palin has a controversial preacher of her own: Ed Kalnins, senior pastor at the Wasilla Assembly of God, which the Alaska governor has attended much of her adult life. Radar compiles some of his greatest hits:
  • On the Bush Administration and Katrina: "I
... More »

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Alaska • Christianity • religion • social conservatives • Sarah Palin • pastor controversy • Ed Kalnins

ANALYSIS

Palin Is
Risky Gamble
for McCain

Alaska gov. helps with women, conservatives, but lacks experience

Aug 29, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is an unconventional vice presidential pick for John McCain, the Wall Street Journal notes. Her selection seems like the latest ploy to lure Hillary Clinton supporters to the Republican ticket, while simultaneously appeasing McCain’s conservative base and burnishing his reformer credentials. But Palin also lacks experience, undermining... More »

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John McCain • social conservatives • Hillary Clinton supporters • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

Rove Legacy Tails McCain's New Top Dog

Schmidt takes the reins

Aug 1, 08 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Schmidt is the new captain of the McCain campaign ship, which an ex-operative compares to the "Pirates of the Caribbean." Known as a taskmasker and carrying the seemingly oxymoronic reputation of a moderate Karl Rove protégé, Steve Schmidt isn't showing his hand just yet. The New ... More »

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John McCain • Karl Rove • Arnold Schwarzenegger • social conservatives • centrism • negative campaigning • Steve Schmidt

Comically Simple Ploy Pays Big for Kansas Candidate

Cartoon brings flood of donation, but Dem's bid for state legislature hardly done deal

Jul 28, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cash-strapped candidate for the Kansas legislature has turned around his fortunes in the flash of a few thousand mouse-clicks: Before circulating sassy online cartoon strips, Sean Tevis had $1,525 in his campaign coffers; in less than two weeks, he’s raised nearly $100,000 more. The episode is... More »

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social networking • Internet • Kansas • campaign fundraising • social conservatives • personal privacy • comic strips • Sean Tevis

analysis

GOP Has Female VP Possibles, Too

Mulling Alaska Gov. Palin, ex-HP exec FIorina, Texas Sen. Hutchison

Jun 23, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a post-Hillary age, a female candidate comes as less of a surprise on the national stage. Here are three women who could stand for John McCain’s vice-presidential slot, per Politico:
  • Carly Fiorina: The former Hewlett-Packard exec is already a trusted adviser and constant McCain surrogate, but she’
... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • foreign policy • social conservatives • Carly Fiorina • Election 2008 • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sarah Palin

Mayor: No
Proof of Teen Pregnancy Pact

Glouester staff, families doubt explanation for baby boom

Jun 23, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The mayor of Gloucester says there’s no proof that teenage girls in the Massachusetts town made a pact to have babies together, the AP reports. The principal of Gloucester High School, where a bizarre spate of 17 girls got pregnant this year, was quoted in Time saying the girls... More »

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contraception • pregnancy • weird • birth control • Catholic • social conservatives • teen pregnancy

 17 High School
 Teens Pregnant
 After Secret Pact 

High fives over positive tests spark Mass. birth control battle

Jun 20, 08 3:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pact among teenage girls to get pregnant has resulted in 17 pregnancies at a single Massachusetts high school—and sparked a debate in the conservative Catholic fishing town about birth control and available career options, reports Time magazine. Officials began to get wise to the secret pact when... More »

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contraception • pregnancy • weird • birth control • Catholic • social conservatives • teen pregnancy

 Nancy Reagan Endorses McCain 

Latest GOP blueblood to fall in line behind candidate

Mar 26, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Top Republicans continue to fall in line behind John McCain, despite skepticism about his conservative credentials. The latest to back the candidate is former first lady Nancy Reagan, who met privately with McCain at her southern California home. Her endorsement is an important boost for McCain, linking him to the... More »

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John McCain • Ronald Reagan • Nancy Reagan • Republican nomination • social conservatives • endorsement • Reagan Democrats • conservative credentials

Anti-Abortion Group to Back Thompson

NRLC decision could boost his campaign among conservatives

Nov 13, 07 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - An influential anti-abortion group will endorse Fred Thompson today, despite qualms among the religious right over his hesitancy to see abortion as a federal issue, the Tennessean reports. "The key is how he voted," a spokesman for the National Right to Life Committee says. The decision could give... More »

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religious right • Fred Thompson • abortion rights • Roe v. Wade • social conservatives • National Right to Life

Robertson Backs Rudy; Brownback, McCain

Mitt's the loser as religious right lines up

Nov 7, 07 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Two Christian leaders took sides in the GOP primary today: Pat Robertson chose Rudy Giuliani and Sam Brownback went for John McCain. The far-right electorate has been generally despondent about its primary choices, and the endorsements are seen as major coups for socially liberal Giuliani and down-but-not-out McCain, Politico reports. More »

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religious right • Mitt Romney • Sam Brownback • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Pat Robertson • social conservatives • Paul Weyrich • Heritage Foundation • endorsement

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