1. Assisted suicide of the Republican Party

    ... a national campaign in which conservatives worked tirelessly for the party's moderate nominee ... . For 52 years, conservatives have stuck with the Republican Party and supported its nominees despite ... being treated by the party establishment as its embarrassing red-headed stepchild. No moderate

  2. Evangelicals struggle to stay relevant in GOP politics

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    ... for Christian conservatives to moderate their opposition to such issues as same-sex marriage, abortion ... in the past two presidential elections to put the Republican candidate over the top against a Democrat who had made few friends among social conservatives.

  3. Tea party brewing trouble for GOP

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    ... failed to win the presidency but blew a chance to take over the Senate, party leaders paused ... and low-income voters. Strategist Karl Rove said the lesson was to nominate more moderate candidates ... , undaunted, drew the opposite conclusion. "It was not conservatives" who lost those Senate races, 19

  4. Conservatives remain largest U.S. ideological group

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    ... % of Americans continuing to describe their views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal ... . This marks the third straight year that conservatives have outnumbered moderates, after more than a decade ... in which moderates mainly tied or outnumbered conservatives.

  5. End crony capitalism for newspapers

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    ... subscribe to print newspapers. Yet print newspapers have successfully fought tooth and nail over ... ? It shouldn't be that way. With the demise of print newspapers, it no longer makes sense to require ... hold themselves out as conservatives went against the position of conservative groups and voted down

  6. Republican Party at war with itself

    ... , there are sold-out Republicans who live in the real world. They compromise and endorse more moderate ... conservatives who are upset with the GOP and may have ditched Republicans in favor of a third party ... conservatives for their naivete and their ideals. The "realists" criticize the idealists, painting them

  7. 'Claire McCaskill 'rubber-stamp' for Obama'

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    ... . Akin also says he doesn't think some recent moderate votes by McCaskill will be able to distract voters from her record over the past six years. ... Sarah Steelman made her claim as the the choice for conservatives in the GOP primary. Today, Rep ... . Todd Akin (R-Mo.) tells WND he's not only the best choice for conservatives but has the record

  8. What Mitt needs to do

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    ... because he is playing it safe. He looks, smells and acts like a moderate ... and conservatives ... . Romney would have stopped at 30 and then lost the game. Conservatives want a candidate who ... sounds and acts too moderate. He talks too fast. He lacks a theme to remember. And it all comes across

  9. Democrats' Dubya dilemma

    ... -- in terms of conservatives making forward progress. While the rest of us are arguing over ... for moderate ascendancy when he put Sister Souljah in her place during the 1992 campaign, thereby sending ... . But Clinton could hardly be called a moderate. He tried to nationalize health care, expand

  10. The moderate Republicans lost

    ... Dear fellow conservatives, Let's stop beating ourselves up over the McCain loss and start looking ... conservative next time. We have great prospects. One thing is very clear: The moderate conservatives ... forward to the guys and gals on our bench who are conservatives. The real kind. The reason

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