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For anxious Republicans in Washington about to head home for a month-long recess, there's growing worry about keeping the party's core conservative supporters excited about this fall's elections. That's why, in the last two weeks, the House of Representatives has tried to pass bills that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's My Party and I'll Flee If I Want To | 7/25/2006 | See Source »

But as much as some Republicans (and Democrats, for that matter) might like to make this year's congressional election a contest between competing national agendas, the reality is that it is just as much a series of local races with their own particular issues and considerations. So while Republican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's My Party and I'll Flee If I Want To | 7/25/2006 | See Source »

It's impossible to know the precise origins of the current crisis in Lebanon, but since it erupted two weeks ago, the mood in Tehran has swung between indifference--the fighting rarely makes the headlines--and resentment over Iran's longstanding sponsorship of Hizballah. True, there have been officially sponsored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Iran Isn't Cheering | 7/23/2006 | See Source »

Ahead of a busy campaign season, Congressional Republicans this summer are advancing so-called values issues like Constitutional amendments banning flag burning and gay marriage, bills to grant fetus's rights, and a statute "protecting" the Pledge of Allegiance, in the hopes of pleasing the slice of Americans that care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans' Stem-Cell Gamble | 7/18/2006 | See Source »

And in recent weeks the House leadership has bypassed a raft of issues aimed at building support among suburban voters in favor of pushing for "values agenda" items, like penalizing online gambling, a gay marriage ban and an upcoming vote on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance from certain kinds of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Republicans' Stem-Cell Gamble | 7/18/2006 | See Source »

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