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Tuesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal — ... . Some anonymous activists sent around a parodied USA Today cover, mocking the reactions if South Carolina GOP chair Katon Dawson wins the contest. One grammatically-challenged headline read, "RNC Chooses White's Only Chairman." Dawson rival Michael Steele, meanwhile, is under attack from the religious right. * As expected, Florida state senator Dan Gelber (D) announced yesterday that ...

Decisive Indecisiveness
James Richardson's Skepticians — ...  these groups for liberal tendencies in his correspondence with RNC members. James Bobb, Jr. , RNC national committeeman from Indiana, is concerned some of the candidates are either incapable or unwilling to “unify all branches of the conservative movement .” All branches minus libertarian-minded Republicans, that is. Bobb continues: “Unfortunately, there are those who want to divide the conservative movement by pitting fiscal conservatives against social conservatives, and ultimately to drive social conservatives out of the Republican Party.” After news of Team Anuzis’ ...

This Week in God
Political Animal — ... of the hand. But there are obvious strains between the two and they're getting more serious. It began in 2005 and 2006, when the religious right assumed it would finally get action -- Republican White House, Republican Senate, Republican House -- and GOP lawmakers largely ignored the movement's wish-list. It grew more intense when the religious right said that under no circumstances could John McCain by the Republican presidential nominee. And it became even worse after the movement balked at Michael Steele's candidacy for RNC chair, and he won the gig anyway. Family Research ...