And the main reason is because hatred/fear of gays is running neck-and-neck with hatred/fear of government for the most defining, unifying characteristic of the "modern" republican party.
As the open U.S. Senate race in Florida heats up, the record of incumbent Governor Charlie Crist is rightly being examined by the news media, conservative activists and Florida voters.
Florida's conservative Republican base overwhelmingly prefers Rubio to Crist as their nominee, no matter what the DC GOP establishment and NRSC might try to dictate. Look at the polls.
{Originally posted at my blog Senate Guru.} Conservative columnist George Will thinks that conservative Republican former state House Speaker Marco R...
Crist enjoys a higher profile, heftier fundraising, and backing of the Republican establishment in D.C., but it's clear there's significant resentment toward him among Florida's grassroots conservatives.
For a country founded firmly on the separation of church and state, America's colorful flock of lawmakers and politicians sure know a thing or two about God almighty.
Among Republicans who have heard of both Crist and Rubio, we have a statistical dead heat. A major primary upset may be in the works.
With Martinez retiring, it will be up to Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running for Martinez's Senate seat, to name a replacement. This puts Crist in an impossible position and is great news for Marco Rubio.
With the departure of Crist and Huntsman from the national scene, the time is right for an adult to begin start the process of righting the GOP's ship.
The fight over the Republican primary in Florida is shaping up to be the main-ring event in the GOP's version of the intraparty struggle next year.
Back in February, George P. Bush offered a stinging rebuke of current Gov. and 2010 Senate candidate Charlie Crist's lack of conservative cred.
The vacuum left by former clown-in-chief George W. Bush, ably lead by sinister foil Dick Cheney, has spawned an entire army of wanna-be Bushes: the ni...
And the Democrats have nothing to do with it By Chris Ingram I just got back from the Tiger Bay Club meeting in Tampa, Florida. The club invites pol...
Is Charlie Crist the face of a new Republican Party, or a harbinger of the GOP's demise? He's handsome, personable and popular: a dream candidate for...
{First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate Guru.} Any list of potential 2012 Republican Presidential candidates can be broken down into the die-hard win...
Dick: "It comes as a surprise to many viewers, but DC is actually a very gay town, and a very high percentage of the staffers who work on Capitol Hill are gay."
what about the Wanda Sykes roast? Was she out of bounds? Can a joke about 9/11 be funny, even if it's tasteless?
If public toplessness and sticking to personal beliefs about same-sex marriage are good enough for Barack Obama, they should be OK for Carrie Prejean as well.
The NRSC has found a way to piss off its base while also curtailing outreach to minority communities. Impressive job, John Cornyn.
Awaiting candidate Crist is a divisive, damaging, and expensive primary against a more conservative opponent, following by a general election against a Democratic Party ready to pounce.
There is little doubt that the country has made a political left-turn, leaving opportunistic moderates from both parties scrambling to find their cherished middle.
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