Giuliani Exposes Evangelical Rift Over Loyalty to GOP
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Bloomberg - Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- When thousands of evangelical Christians gather at the Values Voters Summit today to judge -- and potentially condemn -- the Republican presidential candidates, the ghost of an 18th-century French philosopher will be haunting the corridors of the Washington Hilton.
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Los Angeles Times - BROOKFIELD, Wis. &#8212; With their ardent, Bible-based opposition to abortion and gay marriage, evangelical Christians are a key target of the massive Republican get-out-the-vote drive heading into next week's election. Party leaders consider conservative Christians to be as near a lock for President Bush as any group can be.
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Prominent evangelical leaders who spent the summer hoping Fred Thompson would emerge as their favored Republican presidential contender are having doubts as he begins his long-teased campaign.
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Democrat Bob Casey highlights his religious work while Republican Sen. Rick Santorum seeks out evangelical Christians, a reflection of the fierce fight for voters of faith.
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There are signs that the furor over the Congressional page scandal is sapping the enthusiasm of religious conservatives.
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Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Friday launched a hard sell bid for the hearts of conservative voters, challenging Republican 2008 presidential rivals for a crucial party power base.
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In a U.S. election campaign where presidential candidates from both major parties have talked openly about their Christian faith, some non-Christians feel shut out or turned off.
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After years of talk about the close ties between religious conservatives and the Republican Party coalition, an opposite factor is gaining wider notice: the Democrats' reliance upon non-religious voters.
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The Republican presidential candidate tries to assuage thousands of conservative Christians that he is one among them.
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Focus on the Family founder James Dobson said Thursday that "my conscience and my moral convictions" prevent him from voting for Rudy Giuliani should he win the Republican nomination
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Republican Rudy Giuliani &#151; thrice-married, liberal on social issues and a consummate New Yorker &#151; seems an unlikely White House contender to be embraced by a Texas' GOP establishment rooted in the energy industry and dominated by religious conservatives.
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White evangelical Christians may hold the key to the 2008 White House race as Democratic contenders openly tout their faith, while the Republican front-runner is on bad terms with his party's religious pillar.
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Calling the messy breakup of Rudy Giuliani's second marriage "divorce on steroids," a Southern Baptist leader said the Republican presidential hopeful's personal life may be too tempestuous for evangelical voters to tolerate.
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Mike Huckabeeâs candidacy threatens to drive a wedge between the leaders of the conservative Christian  movement and their base.
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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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Republican presidential front-runner  Rudy Giuliani appealed to religious conservatives on Saturday  to look beyond his support for abortion rights and focus on  shared values, such as fighting crime and his vow to  relentlessly pursue the war on terror.
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Republican presidential candidate Rudolph W. Giuliani implored an audience of religious and social conservatives to look beyond their differences over abortion and other issues as he sought to allay their fears that his nomination would mean the abandonment of the GOP's core principles.