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East Tennessee: Conservative and Green

Kayla Webley | Posted 07.09.2008 | Home

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In Republican-dominated East Tennessee conservation and environmentalism are propelled less by Al Gore-style inconvenient truths than by biblically mandated calls to stewardship.

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Super-Conservative Rep. Ousted In Primary

AP | BROCK VERGAKIS | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon, one of the nation's most conservative congressmen, lost his bid for a seventh term Tuesday in a Republi...

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Obama Must Accept McCain's Town Hall Challenge

Paul Peete | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

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The only modern way to combat this powerful, entrenched, well-financed conservative cabal is to create public outrage. After sleeping through the bloodless coup the 2000 elections turned out to be, Americans have tuned into the battle between Hillary and Barack that kept us listening, talking and taking sides. Obama must re-ignite that excitement by engaging McCain in the most democratic of forums.

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McCain's Veepstakes Dilemma

Christopher Ingram | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

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The question in deciding whom to pick for your VP running mate basically boils down to two things: geographic benefit and filling a void. McCain's weakness is his lack of support from conservatives.

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Post-Implosion Politics

Christopher Ingram | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Conservative, Supreme Court, Gop, John McCain, Maverick, Grassroots, Lbj, Republican Party, Politics News

McCain may not be perfect, but a maverick is exactly what the GOP needs now.

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See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Smear Me

Steven Weber | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Conservative, Elitism, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

Could it be that in some way the self abasing sniping between the Obama and the Clinton camps in fact plays perfectly into the soulless game plan of the bullies?

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Reclaiming Conservatism

Mickey Edwards | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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Desperate to find a way to win, Republicans in Congress are in danger of doing precisely the opposite of what they should be doing. They are being advised to tie themselves to the fortunes of John McCain.

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Democratic Landslide In November?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

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[Those of you who prefer "all cynicism all the time" should just skip this column, since I'm about to get blisteringly optimistic here. You have been...

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Millennials: Downtrodden or Just Dumb?

Anya Kamenetz | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Generation, Politics, Conservative, Progressive, Politics News

Unfortunately, it's a pretty common pattern to label an economically disadvantaged, politically disenfranchised group as dumb.

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Hillary, We're Just Not That Into You

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

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We want to say it's nothing personal, but it is, and the Clintons have now progressed from denial to anger, as they realize that it's not going to happen.

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Why Romney Should Repulse NH Republicans

Jim Rubens | Posted 12.27.2007 | Home

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Warnings are written like a billboard all over Mitt Romney. He has used his fortune to buy the most transparently shameless act of political plastic surgery I've ever seen.

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Republicans Stunned by Penniless Wisecracking Two-bit Preacher

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

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Mike Huckabee's not-so-improbable rise has stunned the Republican establishment and has his rivals exhibiting completely aberrant behavior.

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The Lamest Tug-of-War Game Ever

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 12.09.2007 | Media

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If we can't even air each other's commercials, then we're in more trouble than I initially thought.

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Beware Candidates Trying To Purchase a Conservative Label

Jim Rubens | Posted 10.15.2007 | Home

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John McCain and Rudy Giuliani have now both taken off the gloves on Mitt Romney, challenging his claims to conservatism.

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