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Conservatism Is Dead; Long Live Liberalism? (Part II)

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, Fiscal Conservatives, Conservatives, Liberals, Liberalism, Communitarianism, Blue Dogs, Conservatism, Blue Dogs Coalition, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

The conservatives' well of ideas may well have run dry, but the American majority has hardly turned liberal. So could the most compelling ideas be neither conservative nor liberal but communitarian?

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Focus on the Fallacies of James Dobson

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lies, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Distortions, James Dobson, Truth Wins Out, Religious Right, Ex-Gay, Right Wing, Focus on the Family, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Religion, Obama Religious Voters, Politics News

When James Dobson cites research or statistics in this election cycle, news reporters have an obligation to check with the actual researchers who conducted the studies.

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Social Conservatives Still In Charge of Republican Party

Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, Internet Gambling, Regulation, Congress, Internet Gambling Ban, FInancial Markets, Republicans, Politics News

Leading economically conservative organizations who argued the proposed gambling regulations would interfere with the functioning of our financial system had the support of less than 10% of Republican congressmen.

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Romney Poses Bigger Threat to Obama than McCain

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Social Conservatives, George Bush, Barack Obama, Money, Mitt Romney, Health, Age, Massachusetts, Democrats, Health Care, John McCain, Politics News

McCain needs a vice president who can help right the tottering GOP ship. He has no choice but to implore Mitt Romney to sign on to the ticket.

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Conservative Movement Juggernaut Scaife Admits To Affair

Vanity Fair | Joseph Gross | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Social Conservatives, Conservatives, Conservatives Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, David Brooks, Vanity Fair, Clinton Right-Wing Conspiracy, RIchard Mellon Scaife, Politics News

Over many years, in the five households the couple shared, the wife hired scores of servants to help take care of her rich husband. Then, in 2005, she...

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Yahoos Within the GOP Coalition Challenged on their Media Think

Jay Rosen | Posted 12.29.2007 | Home

Read More: Social Conservatives, Dan Bartlett, Karl Rove, Press, Media Bias, White House Press Corps, Home News

For conservatives who have actually been in power, the liberal media thesis is a bit like the theory of intelligent design is for Rich Lowry and Peggy Noonan: an intellectual embarrassment.

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Romney Strategy Threatened By Huckabee Ascent

Washington Post | Michael Shear | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, John McCain, Mitt Romney Massachusetts, Rudy Giuliani, Romney Flip Flop, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney Iowa Caucus, New Hampshire, Fred Thompson, Iowa Caucuses, Mitt Romney, Governor Romney, Mike Huckabee Leading Polls, Romney Huckabee Iowa, 2008 Election, Politics News

A year ago, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney gathered his campaign team for the first time at his suburban Boston home. There were PowerPoint...

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Pat and Rudy: Name the Apostate

Nancy L. Cohen | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, Values Voters, Social Conservatives, Rudy Giuliani, Values, Evangelical Christians, Christian Conservatives, Religious Right, Christianity, Christian Right, Pat Robertson Endorses Rudy Giuliani, Values Voter, 2008 Election, Giuliani Evangelicals, Pat Robertson, Evangelicals, Politics News

In this year's Republican contest, the relationship between the front-runners and the religious right is unfolding in ways uncannily similar to the 2000 race.

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Robertson/Giuliani Duo Bids Farewell to Conservative Influence

Lane Hudson | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: Lane Hudson, Pat Robertson, Conservative Movement, Rudy Giuliani, Republican Party, Evangelical Christians, Pat Robertson Endorses Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani Evangelicals, Evangelicals, Social Conservatives, Values Voters, James Dobson, Tony Perkins, Christian Coalition, Values Voters Summit, Politics News

In an act of desperation, Pat Robertson is willing to throw his values out the window to hop on the train of the perceived front-runner.

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Giuliani Woos Christian Right

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.20.2007 | Politics

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Rudy Giuliani tried to find peace with a restless bloc of the Republican Party Saturday, telling religious conservatives not to fear him for his stand...

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Religious Right: GOP Candidates 'All Flawed'

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Social Conservatives, Republican Presidential Candidates, GOP Candidates, Politics News

Leading Republican presidential candidates, all flawed in the eyes of influential social conservatives, sought Friday to convince the restive group th...

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Google Logos Draw Conservatives' Ire

Los Angeles Times | Jim Puzzanghera | Posted 10.09.2007 | Business

Read More: Right Wing, Social Conservatives, Conservatives, Google, Business News

Should the world's most-used search engine be more of a Yankee Google Dandy? Google Inc. occasionally features light-hearted doodles on its colorful ...

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Religious Conservatives Take A Back Seat In '08 Elections

The New York Times | LAURIE GOODSTEIN | Posted 10.06.2007 | Home

Read More: 2008 Elections, Gop, 2008 Presidential Primary, Social Conservatives, Values Voters, Religious Right, Evangelical Christians, Republicans, Conservatives, Republican Party, Republican Presidential Candidates, Home News

AFTER the 2004 elections, religious conservatives were riding high. Newly anointed by pundits as "values voters" -- a more flattering label than "reli...

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Bad For Business: Execs And Managers Bolting GOP

The Wall Street Journal | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 10.01.2007 | Business

Read More: 2008 Elections, Deficit Hawks, Social Conservatives, Alan Greenspan, Republican Party, Businessmen, Business News

The Republican Party, known since the late 19th century as the party of business, is losing its lock on that title. New evidence suggests a potential...

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Experts Proclaim Religious Right Powerless In '08 Primaries

McClatchy Newspapers | Steven Thomma | Posted 09.30.2007 | Home

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Palm Sunday two years ago was a glorious day for Christian conservatives. A president who'd proclaimed Jesus his favorite philosopher was racing back...

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Iran: A Gay-Free Paradise For Social Conservatives!

Martin Lewis | Posted 09.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Social Conservatives, Conservatives, Doris Day, Iran, Sodom and Gomorrah, Gay, Paradise, Politics News