corner.nationalreview.com - 8/26/2008
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One of the trickiest obstacles for the Republican Party to navigate as it drafts its platform this year is John McCain's opposition to drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR). The party's base supports it. The American Conservative Union released its platform agenda today, and it differed from the GOP-platform-as-drafted only in its explicit support for drilling in ANWR. The ...
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Think Progress —
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... and subcommittee co-chair Trey Grayson of Kentucky says the campaign worked with the subcommittee on these changes. For us, we wanted to create a policy that was Republican and didn t constrain or put McCain in a bad position, Grayson says. Aware of the dysfunctional psychodrama in Denver and the opportunities it presents, Republicans at this year s Platform Committee meetings are striving to stay disciplined and minimize their differences with McCain. And though there were a few awkward ...
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