"Closet Republicans" keep low profile in liberal California
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Anything goes in ultra-tolerant California -- anything, that is, except being a Republican, forcing some supporters of conservative US President George W. Bush into the political closet.
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Cheney disagrees with Bush. Log Cabin fights for âUnity Platformâ. These are pebbles in the ocean. The Republicans swarming into Manhattan this week are bringing a cynical message.
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Republican presidential hopefuls show little party unity over the immigration bill in the Senate.
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Although Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has not revealed whether he will seek re-election, the California Republican Party on Sunday changed a party rule and endorsed him 16 months before the 2006 gubernatorial primary.
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She doesn't cede religious turf to conservatives but dismays some liberals.
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California Republicans are headed for a showdown over the direction of the party that could highlight national schisms over gay rights, gun control and abortion.
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By SCOTT MacKAY  Journal Staff Writer  Republican Lincoln D. Chafee "is a really nice guy. . . . The problem is he votes for people who aren't nice guys," says California Democrat Barbara Boxer.   * * *   PROVIDENCE  -   Sen.
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LIKE the rings of Dante&#39;s &quot;Inferno,&quot; there are circles of gossip as defined, in their wispy way, as smoke rings. So consider the odd way that James E. McGreevey&#39;s announcement last week that he was gay and would step down as governor ...
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If they were true to their principles, moderate Republicans and consistent conservatives would be supporting John Kerry. Instead, their acquiescence to the reckless whims of George W. Bush marks a descent
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Before California&#039;s Republican governor tried to get tough on illegal immigrants in the 1990s, the state had supported GOP candidates in all but two presidential elections since World War II.
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Legislative races are normally sleepy affairs involving politicians who are virtually unknown outside their district. Campaign spending is scarce, the political implications minimal.
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Forget the spat over David Geffen's affections. The political story that matters was McCain's visit with the mean green machine, Gov. Schwarzenegger. How the low-carbon Californian may help shape the '08 presidential race.
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The ranks of donors giving money to Republican presidential candidates are a little low on the celebrity meter. Unlike the Democrats, whose ties to the entertainment community are well-known, the recently filed lists of GOP contributors has relatively few names familiar from the stage and screen.
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Republicans endorsed an uncompromising stand against gay marriage Wednesday while struggling to accommodate the views of activists who declared that such a hard line could cost the GOP the election.
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Republican White House hopefuls Friday tried to convert skeptical Christian conservatives to their causes, wooing a crucial party power base taking a dim view of the party's 2008 line-up.
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SACRAMENTO, California  - In a state where   Democrats far outnumber Republicans and President George W.   Bush has never been popular, an experienced Democrat should be   in a strong position to unseat Republican Gov. Arnold   Schwarzenegger.
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Despite being a solidly Democratic state in recent presidential elections and having a legislature dominated by Democrats, California has seen its governorship divided nearly evenly between Democrats and Republicans since World War II. Before that, Republicans dominated the office, holding it from 1899 until 1939. Which Democrat ended the GOP's streak?  Earl Warren Culbert Levy Olson Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr. Frank Finley Merriam