Word: gop
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Consensus has been a dirty word for Republicans for several years now. Issues such as abortion rights, gun control, and gay rights have found the GOP looking across the fence at the general public. Opinion pools have repeatedly shown that most Americans believe that a woman should have a right to an abortion, that the sale of guns should be strictly curtailed and that gays should be allowed to marry and join the military. Sure, majorities are supposed to rule in this country, but the Republicans didn't want to see all that lobbying money go out the window...
...three Republican governors have started the fight to make the GOP pro-choice, or at least netural. Govs. Christine Todd Whitman (R-N.J.), Pete Wilson (R-Cal.) and Massachusetts' own William F. Weld '66 have taken up the battle that Weld and Connecticut governor and former U.S. senator Lowell P. Weicker lost repeatedly. All three have aspirations to sit in big offices in the nation's capital, so consensus will eventually become very important to them. The question becomes whether the Republican Party will stand behind each or any of them...
...debate over abortion rights comes at a time when the GOP is searching for direction. Several factions have developed, but each is hard to pin down. The "religious right" personified by Pat Robertson must contend with moderates like Weld and Sen. John Chafee (R-R.I.), who in turn lock horns with ultra-conservatives like Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). With Republicans voting for the Brady Bill and becoming pro-choice, the harsh right-winger seem to be losing ground...
...rising tide of consensus in the GOP could be the beginnings of this movement, or it could be mere posturing by a few governors trying to look compassionate to the public. The majority of Republican politicians are pro-life, but that might not always be the case. Attention should be focused on those who elect them--the voters...
...medical insurance, but effectively make them pay ONLY after 5 years if too few Americans are covered. Key Republicans on the committee predict they'll successfully defeat the thing Wednesday, prompting TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompson to speculate that Moynihan (with White House coaxing) has set up the GOP members to be the spoilers who ruin health-care reform's chances...