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While high-profile moderate Republicans like George W. Bush Jr. may garner the majority of public attention, it is hard-line right-wingers who are setting the agenda, locally and nationally. We see evidence of their influence on the moderates in the recent presidential debates. Bush, who has spent more money as governor on abstinence programs than required by law, has said he would almost triple funding for such programs if elected President. These programs, often run by Christian Coalition devotees, teach that abortion is "killing a baby," promote the rhythm method of contraception, and provide little to no advice...
...Donald, however, should take heart from other figures' results in the poll. While 23 percent take Trump seriously as a potential politician, only 13 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of possible presidential candidate Warren "Bulworth" Beatty, while sometimes-touted political aspirants Oprah Winfrey and Cybill Shepard garner just 16 percent and 6 percent, respectively. As Bill Bradley and, earlier, Ronald Reagan have proved, you first have to make voters think of you as a politician before they'll take an actor or a sportsman seriously as a potential tenant of the White House...
Davis says she relies on "door-knocking," coffees and other functions across the city to meet new people and garner votes...
...long known that much of the help for patients with terminal and chronic illnesses comes from family members. A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that the burden is heaviest when the relative is suffering from a chronic illness like heart disease, which doesn't garner as much public attention or medical support as cancer. Such care, they note, disproportionately falls to women, who handle it in 72% of cases...