O Romeo, art thou a good Republican? Romance follows the party line in US
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She was pretty and smart; he was educated and charmingly polite. They could have been headed for "happily ever after" if it had not been for ... the faith-based initiative.
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After years of political dominance, Republican voters are concerned about their party and their candidates, according to a new Times/CBS News Poll.
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Republicans narrowed the gap in party allegiance among registered voters during the past election year.
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NEW YORK -- Members of the Republican Party&#39;s platform committee yesterday strengthened the party&#39;s official opposition to same-sex marriages, a day after Vice President Dick Cheney broke with the Bush administration by saying the matter of gay marriage
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Conservative &quot;moral values&quot; played an unexpectedly decisive role in President George W. Bush's victory in the US presidential election, experts say, and the victors look set to reward opponents of gay marriage and abortion.
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One might expect Republican senators to cheer the prospect of a colleague becoming the party's presidential nominee.
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Faith, family and freedom were catchwords Friday, as Republican 2008 presidential hopefuls appealed to Ã¢ÂÂvalues votersÃ¢ÂÂ at a convention in Washington, D.C. The event Ã¢ÂÂ organized by the Family Research Council, an organization of religious conservative activists Ã¢ÂÂ will continue into Saturday and conclude with a straw poll of attendees that is being watched as an indicator of voting sentiment among the conservative evangelical constituency.
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The country may be more or less evenly divided along partisan lines when it comes to the presidential race, but the Republican Party prevailed in the Nielsen polling of this summer's nominating conventions.
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Bloomberg - July 17 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. political parties are defying stereotypes in the 2008 presidential contest: Republicans, traditionally the party of big money, are behind in donations, while Democrats, often tagged as financially reckless, have better balance sheets.
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Some statistics on American life as Election Day nears, compared with four years earlier.
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Republicans crafting the party's platform backed a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Wednesday in a sharp contrast to plans to put the party's more moderate face on display at next week's convention.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON - Thirteen years ago, David Wilhelm, then chairman of the Democratic Party, told the conservative Christian Coalition that good Christians could belong to either major political party.   He was hissed.
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The Congress which convenes next year will reflect the dominant tone of American politics: culturally conservative Republicanism. Republican Senate candidates swept the south, hastening the death of the region&#39;s Democratic tradition.
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Sen. John Kerry is having trouble wooing fellow Roman Catholics in Iowa and Wisconsin. President Bush is short of his expected Catholic count in Michigan and Minnesota. Once reliably Democratic, Catholics have become one of the most complicated and coveted swing voting blocs.
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Across the nationÂs 36 races for governor, Republican candidates are playing up their liberal positions.
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We love the romantic pretense of a homogenous, melting-pot America. It makes us feel good, gives us a sense of nobility and brings closure to our well-documented history of discriminating against one another.
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People don&#39;t commonly associate adjectives like &quot;cool&quot; and &quot;hip&quot; with the Republican Party, but the first broadcast television coverage of the party&#39;s convention, from Madison Square Garden in