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conservative base stories: 28 news summaries

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OPINION

Limbaugh May Hold Key to McCain's Fate

Blowhard's influence extends well beyond conservative base

Sep 29, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh may be John McCain’s best friend in the fight against Barack Obama, writes Zev Chafets in the LA Times. Vociferously anti-McCain during primary season, Limbaugh is now on board and can't be underestimated. "A lot of Limbaugh's critics dismiss him as a buffoon or a fanatic,... More »

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John McCain • Rush Limbaugh • Election 2008 • conservative base • Sarah Palin

Palin Pick
Takes Battle to New States

GOP to capitalize on revived base in
Ohio, Penn.

Sep 6, 08 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's camp is pushing some states back into play in the presidential election, convinced that Sarah Palin has re-energized GOP voters, the New York Times reports. McCain believes Palin improves his chances in Ohio and Pennsylvania, states Barack Obama is counting on. And with just 8 weeks left,... More »

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John McCain • Ohio • Pennsylvania • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • conservative base • Sarah Palin • battleground states

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

Laid-Back
Bush Enrages
Neocon Base

Sportsfan prez made even the French look sharp, Journal snipes

Aug 18, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The administration’s slow response to the Russia-Georgia conflict has conservatives fuming, with onetime true believers openly questioning President Bush's commitment to the foreign policy of the first 7 years of his term. And they're not keeping their dissatisfaction quiet, reports the Washington Post. The latest blast from a once-unexpected... More »

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Dick Cheney • Wall Street Journal • Condoleezza Rice • 2008 Beijing Olympics • conservative base • George W. Bush

Skittish Right Wing Sweats Talk of Pro-Choice Veep

Candidate said issue wouldn't 'rule out' possible running mate

Aug 15, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s comment that he wouldn’t rule out Tom Ridge as a possible VP for being pro-choice sparked a flurry of panic among the conservative base—a vital group already lukewarm about McCain's party-maverick status. “That choice will end his bid for the presidency,” an activist... More »

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John McCain • pro choice • vice presidential sweepstakes • Election 2008 • conservative base • vice presidential candidate • Tom Ridge

McCain Can't Afford, Literally, to Ignore Bush

'Radioactive' president can raise money, talk
to GOP's right wing

May 27, 08 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though he may be “absolutely radioactive” for Republican candidates (in the words of one GOP legislator), Bloomberg reports, President Bush is no easy hurdle for John McCain, who must build distance with the historically unpopular incumbent while using him to raise money and build conservative bona fides. Hence tonight's... More »

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John McCain • campaign fundraising • conservative base • George W. Bush

analysis

McCain Veers Right on Supreme Court

Toobin decodes references in recent  'sneak' speech

May 20, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you aren’t a conservative activist, John McCain didn’t have you in mind when he recently laid out his position on judicial appointments: The speech was “a dog whistle for the right,” Jeffrey Toobin writes in the New Yorker, in a piece that decodes references meant... More »

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John McCain • abortion rights • privacy • capital punishment • US Supreme Court • conservative base

One Hurdle Down, Biggest Yet to Come

GOP nominee
still a long way
from White House

Mar 5, 08 8:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Though his primary battles are over, John McCain faces plenty of challenges as he sets his sights on this fall's presidential election. The Democratic candidates are each pulling in more donations than McCain, parts of his own party have yet to rally behind him, and the whispers of those uneasy... More »

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John McCain • California • campaign fundraising • Republican nomination • Election 2008 • presidential election • conservative base

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