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Man Bites Dog
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Conservative leader Tony Perkins scolds the GOP, praises Obama in an interview with US News. "There is not the strong connection to the Republican Party that there once was.... but the Obama administration is trying to have a conversation about faith-based initiatives." “It's a positive development.”       ...

Evangelical Leader: No Strong Connection to the GOP
News — ... Family Research Council President Tony Perkins indicated that he sees a growing chasm between social conservatives and the Republican party amidst overtures from Democrats to communities of faith. "Social conservatives are still committed to the issues and still involved in the political process, but don't see the GOP as the only means to affect things in this culture," Perkins said in an interview with U.S. News . "There is not the strong connection to the Republican Party that there once was." Perkins said social conservatives greet new Republican National Committee Chairman ...

Perkins Sours on GOP
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — ... Tech [image] Entertainment [image] Health & Science [image] Photos [image] Blogs [image] Magazine [image] RCP Home Latest Polls Videos Links Markets Sports White House Statement on Jobs Report | The RCP Blog Home Page February 6th, 2009 Perkins Sours on GOP Posted by Tom Bevan | Email This | Permalink | Email Author Dan Gilgoff has the interview. Sphere It! | [image] [image] February 2009 ...

Remainders: Lava
Ben Smith's Blog — And the merchandising goes on. Toobin wishes Ginsburg well, and mulls replacements. The White House reiterates a sunlight pledge. Fred Hof is likely to join the Mitchell team, and isn't a fan of Hezbollah. Tony Perkins greets Steele and the GOP "with caution." Eric Carbone wonders why the stimulus bill includes large tax cuts.  Gallup quantifies how toxic Limbaugh is among swing voters. And the Boston Phoenix offers some *#%&-ed up communication ...

This Week in God
Political Animal — ... for RNC chair, and he won the gig anyway. Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, perhaps the most prominent religious right activist in the country, told ...

Tony Perkins is vewy vewy angwy at the Republicans
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Religious right leader Tony Perkins is getting all theatrical over the fact that the Republicans didn't act Republican enough during the last four years. In specific, Perkins thinks we should have been focusing much more as a country on banning abortion and gay marriage. Forget about the economy, forget about Iraq, forget about Osama. Abortion and gays are all that matter to God's bigots who control the Republican party. Kind of funny, however, is that Perkins sees a ray of hope with Obama. Uh huh. I don't recall Obama saying anything about putting gay-bashing and the ...