Word: gop
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...early to know if McCain's new heat can cut Obama down to size. But if history is any guide, his timing may prove auspicious. It was in August in 1988 and 2004 that the gop and its allies' stealth attacks on Michael Dukakis (regarding his record on crime) and John Kerry (about his patriotism) really gathered steam. Both assaults were witheringly effective in part because neither Democrat took the threat seriously. Both Dukakis and Kerry declined to respond in kind--and neither ever recovered...
Since 1988, white Evangelicals have been the second most reliable bloc in the Republican base, after Mormons. So it's no surprise that most are once again lining up behind this year's GOP presidential nominee. A new TIME poll of white Evangelical voters finds that 70% support John McCain. Large pluralities also prefer him over Barack Obama when it comes to fixing the economy and restoring America's image in the world. For a man who has had a sometimes prickly relationship with religious conservatives, these numbers have to be good news...
...issues for Christians to consider when casting their votes: abortion, stem-cell research, gay marriage, euthanasia and human cloning. Shortly after the election, two attendees of a Washington meeting of conservative religious and political heavyweights remember Warren's actively soliciting advice on how he might increase his clout with GOP politicians...
...Vice President, the Democratic Convention and the final two-month sprint to Election Day. And surely the Obama campaign won't mind some relaxed snapshots of the candidate partaking in typical summer-vacation activities - bodysurfing, playing with his girls, eating ice cream - especially at a time when the GOP is doing its best to portray him as an aloof, out-of-touch celebrity more concerned with European crowds than with average Americans...
...hard to see why the the GOP has latched onto gas prices as a lifeline in an otherwise hostile political environment. Polls show it is the one area where it runs even with, or anywhere close to, its Democratic counterpart, on the issue of which of the two parties would better handle the economy. As they have felt increasing pains at the pump this summer, voters have shown more willingness to allow drilling off U.S. shores, open up Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Reserve and expand drilling in Western lands - all things the Dems have opposed. "There is nothing that...