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Santorum gets political lifeline
... if a consensus candidate could be found among the leaders of organizations, major donors and grass roots ... as the consensus candidate, winning 85 votes to Newt Gingrich's 29. Besides Santorum and Gingrich, Rick ... HOUSTON As the once-crowded GOP primary race thins out, Christian conservatives are getting
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Key leaders of faith, family, back Santorum

... , "demonstrates that Rick Santorum is the best candidate to bring together social conservatives, national defense ... for conservatives to rally behind the most electable conservative candidate, and we believe ... Sen. Rick Santorum has been the conservative's conservative in the race for the 2012 GOP nomination
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GOP elites seek 'consensus' candidate

... to a consensus on which Republican presidential candidate or candidates to support, or which not to support, read ... A group of movement conservatives has called an emergency meeting in Texas next weekend to find ... a consensus Republican presidential hopeful, POLITICO has learned. You and your spouse are cordially
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Don't let liberal establishment choose our candidates
... Conservatives are worried that an ideal Reagan conservative has yet to emerge and lead the 2012 GOP ... interests of Reagan conservatives in mind when they do their "reporting." So when they tell us certain ... the same pattern. A promising mainstream conservative candidate appears and begins to gain traction
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Evangelicals hope S.C. winnows GOP field

... that can happen for social conservatives is for one candidate to get a very clear mandate from South ... on Friday and Saturday, acknowledging that they are unlikely to agree on a single alternative candidate ... candidate of the religious right Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum or Rick Perry is unrealistic for now
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In defense of Goldwater and 'extremist' conservatives
... has portrayed minority liberalism as mainstream and conservatives as shrill malcontents. From the time ... I started paying attention to politics as a young kid, liberals have been demonizing conservatives ... ." The unmistakable message was that Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater could not be trusted
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My post-election anti-punditry
... conservatives cost us the election. Oh, please. Consider Missouri. Senate candidate Todd Akin ... in Missouri by 10 percent. Ditto Roger Mourdock in Indiana. Social conservatives are usually more ... . In the final analysis, no other announced candidate in 2012 would have done as well. Bottom line: In its
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Should Michael Steele stay RNC chairman?
... into the 2012 presidential election. Current Chairman Michael Steele, who has been a source of controversy ... said they plan to vote for President Obama in 2012 against 39 percent who indicated they'd vote ... for the Republican candidate. In a match up against Mitt Romney, 47 percent picked Obama versus 40 percent
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If Reagan were a candidate in 2012
... Ignore our Beltway betters: The 2012 crop of Republican candidates is the best in my memory ... . The string of debates has tested the 2012 crew in ways their predecessors never were ... media were dictating the Republican narrative. Conservatives got their media almost exclusively
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Big Brother backs off regulating Internet

... rely on the Internet for coverage of Election 2012. Nine percent still rely on print newspapers ... if the entertainment industry "wanted to turn the United States into China?" with the Stop Online ... consensus on the bill. Polling shows that American voters believe free market competition will protect