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Is “Republican Moderate” Becoming an Oxymoron?
Or will 2010, based on the Republican Senate campaign strategy being pursued by Texas Senator John Cornyn, bring a resurgence of moderate Republican officeholders? It’s an uphill fight for Cornyn within the GOP, reports Todd J. Gillman of the Dallas Morning News . Of course, the ...
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