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Social Conservatives: GOP Can't Live Without Them

PrayerPoseMom Wrote: Nov 27, 2012 9:00 AM

Or not vote at all... I don't necessarily think, though, that the social conservatives are rolling over everywhere within the Republican party. On the national level, yes. On the state level, there are lots of great fiscal and social conservatives that are effecting change. If we ever hope to change the party within the bubble of Washington, people will have to start finding the right kinds of candidates locally.

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Social Conservatives: GOP Can't Live Without Them

One of the largest elephants in the GOP's post-election room is the fate of Christian and other social conservatives. Party honchos can't just wish this problem away -- or, maybe they can.

There has been increasing hostility toward Christian involvement in politics, and the animus hasn't been solely from the left. To be sure, Democrats have taken the lead, demonizing conservative Christians as science-challenged scolds who don't care about women's "reproductive rights," but there is plenty of antipathy from certain elements within the Republican Party, as well.

Many establishment and some libertarian Republicans have long looked upon Christian conservatives with mild, condescending...

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