Religious conservatives still have clout in Iowa
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Iowa's religious conservatives, a powerful force in Republican presidential politics for two decades, could be kingmakers again in 2008 -- but it is unclear which candidate will win their support.
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He may leave Iowa a proven winner, but the onetime underdog also leaves behind much of his evangelical support and faces new scrutiny and rivals
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Republican Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucuses by campaigning as an honest conservative, yet he has made a series of blunders that raise questions about his credibility.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, an affable Baptist preacher, won over Iowans with his religiosity and charm, outfoxing rival Mitt Romney who heavily out-spent him.
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Christian conservatives, traditionally a reliable Republican constituency, aren't necessarily a GOP gimme this time around. There is an undercurrent of concern that some evangelicals, unhappy that the GOP-led Congress and President Bush haven't paid more attention to gay marriage and other "values" issues, may stay home on Election Day or even vote Democratic.
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Want an early hint how the Republican caucuses are going? Check Plymouth County Thursday evening in remote northwest Iowa Â chilly home of Blue Bunny ice cream and a hotbed of evangelical activists who could sway the first voting of the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Emboldened by their Election Day successes, some Christian conservatives around the country are trying to put more Christ into Christmas this season.
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They helped re-elect the President, and Christian conservatives want payback. A look inside the struggle over their agenda
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With Iowa just three weeks away, the end of indignities is near for third-tier candidates. And not a moment too soon
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Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback is counting on his conservative credentials and a Midwest bond to lift his candidacy in Iowa.
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The latest Iowa Hawkeye poll shows a tight Democratic race and a Romney blowout on the GOP side
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U.S. News & World Report - Veteran Christian activist Marlene Elwell is not inclined to make political compromises. She helped engineer Pat Robertson's victory over George H. W. Bush in 1988's Iowa caucuses and led Michigan to constitutionally ban gay marriage in 2004. But after meeting with Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, interviewing California Rep. Duncan Hunter, and studying former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee-all 2008 presidential hopefuls who, like Elwell, are dyed-in-the-wool religious conservatives-she concluded that none could raise the tens of millions of dollars necessary for a competitive campaign. ...
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Rising Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee risked his standing with Catholic voters on Sunday by courting his evangelical base at the church of a controversial preacher accused of disparaging Catholics.
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GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, courting Iowa conservatives, found himself answering questions Saturday about the role his Mormon faith would play should he win the race.
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On the campaign trail,  Christian conservatives speak their minds about the field of G.O.P. candidates and what matters to them.
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Christian conservatives were divided over which of the Republican presidential candidates to support.
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Religious conservatives have triumphed in their bitter ideological struggle within the US Republican party and imposed tough stands against abortion, gay marriage and stem-cell research.