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Even the Right Can't Stand Glenn Beck

Conservatives take issue with histrionic Fox newcomer

Apr 15, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck’s prophesies of doom don’t just infuriate the left. Some conservatives are denouncing the histrionic Fox anchor as well, worried he’ll endanger the movement, reports Benjamin Sarlin of the Daily Beast. Fellow Fox anchor Shephard Smith often mocks Beck, calling his show the “fear chamber.... More »

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Fox News • Glenn Beck • pundits • right wingers • conservatives • David Frum

(Newser) - Meghan McCain has snagged a book deal thought to be in the high six figures, the New York Observer reports. The 24-year-old chose Hyperion over at least three other publishers. No official word on the subject, but a good bet is the future of the Republican party and how to... More »

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publishing • author • Meghan McCain • conservatives • young Republicans • book deal

(Newser) - Barack Obama is not the incarnation of evil, David Horowitz cautions his right-wing brethren in FrontPage Magazine. Don’t get him wrong: Horowitz remains fundamentally opposed to Obama’s liberal leanings and thinks he’s shown “surprising ineptitude,” but he’s tired of fellow conservatives’ increasingly “hysterical”... More »

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liberals • right wingers • conservatives • President Obama

Meghan McCain: I'm a New Kind of Republican

Tells Larry King she supports Obama, but is 'totally daddy's girl'

Mar 24, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain considers herself a “progressive Republican,” she told Larry King last night on CNN—a new, younger voice for the party. McCain, who’s been in the news lately for her spat with conservatives Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter, said she was “totally daddy’s girl,... More »

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John McCain • Ann Coulter • Larry King • Laura Ingraham • Meghan McCain • conservatives • President Obama

OPINION

Newt Is the Conservative
Al Sharpton

He'll never run for
office again; he just wants attention

Mar 4, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Trendy political predictions to the contrary, Newt's not "back," and he most certainly isn't going to run for president, writes Jason Zengerle in the New Republic. The former House speaker has maintained political longevity by dangling flirty intimations before story-hunting reporters. Given how he loves to talk, Gingrich... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Al Sharpton • Barry Goldwater • Richard Nixon • conservatives

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh thrilled an overflow crowd of conservatives in Washington, DC, tonight by urging them to "take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate." Following speeches by Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, and Ann Coulter at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Limbaugh surprised attendees... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Bill Maher • economic stimulus package • CPAC • conservatives • Bill Maher Grid

Bush Fans Rare at Conservative Pow-Wow

CPAC speakers slam former president,
along with Obama

Feb 28, 09 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - George W. Bush spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference every year of his presidency, but this year when you hear his name, it’s usually being derided, writes Andy Barr of Politico. Newt Gingrich spent his speech railing against “Bush-Obama big spending,” while Mike Huckabee cited Bush’... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Mike Huckabee • Bush legacy • Conservative Political Action Conference • George W. Bush • conservatives • conservative movement

 Critics Invoke Jesus 
 in Anti-Stimulus Ad 

Conservative group launches $1M ad to slam government spending

Feb 20, 09 3:58 AM CST
(Newser) - A conservative group has brought Jesus into the fray over the stimulus package, Politico reports. An anti-stimulus ad from the American Issues Project set to start airing today flashes a picture of the three wise men on the screen and asks viewers to imagine spending "$1 million every single... More »

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Congress • political advertising • economic stimulus package • conservatives • advocacy

(Newser) - Talk about your right-wing star power: The annual CPAC convention for conservatives later this month has both Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin as speakers, notes US News & World Report. Limbaugh will give the closing speech on Feb. 28 and is expected to expound on his "I hope he... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • CPAC • Sarah Palin • conservatives

Opinion

Obama Has Met
Only Half of Rick Warren

Evangelical's split personality includes 'bland Pastor Rick' and arch conservative

Jan 19, 09 1:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Evangelical Rick Warren has fooled many Americans, Barack Obama included, with his lifelong attempt at creating a double personality, Amy Sullivan writes in Time. There's Pastor Rick—the apparently progressive anti-poverty, concerned-about-AIDS persona Obama invited to deliver the inaugural invocation, and there's the divisive staunch conservative the president-elect should... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • evangelicals • Rick Warren • conservatives • Proposition 8 • Inauguration Day

ANALYSIS

Obama Can't Win 'Em All

Some conservatives
can't get into the
spirit of unity for
the inauguration

Jan 18, 09 1:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Washington will be swimming in champagne for the inauguration Tuesday, but some conservatives are warning merrymakers to stop drinking the Obama Kool-Aid, Politico reports. “While we’re sitting around the campfire and trying to sing Kumbaya, our country is slipping away from us,” said one. Another predicted, “... More »

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Barack Obama • Rush Limbaugh • Tom DeLay • inauguration • conservatives • President Obama

(Newser) - Barack Obama's courting of conservatives is well-known, but he's done even more quiet outreach behind the scenes, Politico reports. Obama has publicly extended an olive branch to the likes of John McCain, Rick Warren, and George Will—but he's also contacted prominent Republicans on Capitol Hill and organizations such as... More »

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Barack Obama • Republican Party • bipartisanship • conservatives

Palin Wishes She'd Talked
to the Media More

Governor wishes she'd spoken to reporters more

Dec 23, 08 1:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin wishes she’d interacted with the media more while campaigning with John McCain, the Alaska governor told Human Events. Palin identified her “biggest mistake” in the ’08 campaign as not taking a more active role in communicating with voters through the media. “I was not... More »

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John McCain • Alaska • Republican • GOP • American media • campaign • governor • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview • conservatives

 Iowa High Court 
 Takes Up Gay 
 Marriage Ban 

Capital expects large crowds for landmark decision

Dec 8, 08 2:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Iowa's Supreme Court begins hearing a same-sex marriage case this week that could give gay activists their first heartland victory, reports the Des Moines Register. The state capital was abuzz with preparations for watch parties, town hall meetings, and court overflow rooms to accommodate the large crowds expected for this... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Midwest • marriage rights • activists • conservatives • Iowa Supreme Court

Column Deriding Gay Marriage Riles Campus

U. of Wash. students fume over column's bestiality illustration

Dec 6, 08 12:26 PM CST
(Newser) - An opinion column denouncing gay marriage—and illustrated with an image of a man adjacent to a sheep—has many University of Washington students beside themselves and demanding sensitivity training for their student newspaper, reports The Seattle Times. The editor of The Daily has refused to apologize, citing... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • University of Washington • protected speech • Seattle • colleges and universities • conservatives • student newspapers

 Far Right Cheers 
 Hillary at State 

Neocons, writers trumpet her ability to defy party on foreign policy

Nov 22, 08 1:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The far right is warming to the idea of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, with neocons, righty writers, and a manager of Bill’s impeachment trial all getting excited about her perceived “willingness to veer right on international policy,” writes Ana Marie Cox at the Daily Beast.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • foreign policy • Lindsey Graham • conservatives • neoconservatves • William Kristol

BOOK REVIEW

The Culture Wars, College Football Style

Michigan-Ohio State rivalry illuminates tale of  '60s, '70s upheaval

Nov 21, 08 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The cultural disconnect between conservative college football programs and America’s liberalizing culture in the late 1960s and early ‘70s is the theme of War as They Knew It, a book by Detroit Free Press columnist Michael Rosenberg. The survey of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry (which continues tomorrow) through... More »

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rivalry • Richard Nixon • Michigan Wolverines • New Republic • liberals • Vietnam War • University of Michigan • book reviews • Jonathan Chait • Bo Schembechler • Ohio State University • Ohio State Buckeyes • 1960s • 1970s • conservatives • culture wars • Detroit Free Press • Woody Hayes • Michael Rosenberg

 NYT Slaps Reporter 
 for Facebook Source 

Reporter reprimanded for messaging minors

Nov 16, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Backlash against the New York Times reporter who contacted minors on Facebook to locate sources has led Times public editor Clark Hoyt to declare, “I would not have sent the messages.” Jodi Kantor, author of last month’s unflattering front-page profile of Cindy McCain, reached out to classmates... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • Clark Hoyt • Cindy McCain • campaign • Election 2008 • reporting • conservatives • liberal media

OPINION

Doggone It, Obama's Better Than I Thought

First pooch search shows his political skill, empathy: Kristol

Nov 10, 08 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - For William Kristol, election night was bad, but not dreadful, for his fellow conservatives—until the president-elect promised his daughters a puppy. Suddenly, writes the New York Times columnist, Barack Obama showed "competence plus warmth, a pretty potent combination." Forget winning an electoral college landslide; it was... More »

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Barack Obama • press conference • dog • conservatives • President Obama • William Kristol

 Conservatives 
 Plan Future 
 With Palin 

Conservatives meet to make plans

Oct 29, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A “who’s who of conservative leaders” will meet in Virginia next Wednesday to plot their movement’s future, and the top item on their agenda will be Sarah Palin. Win or lose, many see Palin as the new face of the Republican party, the New York Times ... More »

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John McCain • GOP • Republican Party • Election 2008 • conservative base • Sarah Palin • conservatives

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