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Analysis

New Report: Republicans Can’t Win Without the Family

Veritable droves of right-of-center commentators and would-be eminences are more than happy to sound off ad-nauseam about tax cuts and job creation. Those priorities are spoken about as if they…

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Politics

GOP Establishment Panics over Conservative Frontrunner in Tenn. Race

Politico is reporting this week that Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) is reconsidering his retirement and thinking about once again running for re-election. The reason? Moderate “Republicans” in Tennessee fret that the conservative…

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Analysis

LGBT Group Plans to Spend $26 Million in 2018 — And Conservatives Are AWOL

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) unveiled a $26 million plan for the 2018 elections. Their new offensive will almost double their current political staff and will focus on the…

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Tim Kaine Joins the Fray as Democrats Attack GOP on LGBT Issues

Yesterday, The Pulse covered a shift in certain state-level Democrats’ campaign style toward a more aggressive stance on social issues. The left hopes to put incumbent conservatives on the defensive…

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Democrats Renew Efforts to Push LGBT Agenda in State-Level Races

Democratic candidates for state-level offices across the country think they have found the wedge issue that will win them the election: the LGBT agenda. Newsmax is reporting that Democrats in…

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Florida Governor Betrays Conservative Principles with Obergefell Answer

In an interview on Tuesday evening sure to upset the conservative grassroots, Florida Governor Rick Scott said that the Republican Party needs to de-emphasize its opposition to the LGBT agenda.…

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Why Republicans’ Surrender on Abortion Could Cost Them the Election . . . Again

On the abortion issue, things could not have gone much better for Democrats in 2012. Following Missouri GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin’s now infamous comments on “legitimate rape,” the Democratic…

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Is Calling a “Truce” on Abortion a Mistake? (VIDEO)

Frank Cannon is president of the American Principles Project and a respected conservative political strategist with over 30 years of experience. Well, I think there are two elements. One is…

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Donald Trump vs. Big Business: The GOP’s Civil War

The US Chamber of Commerce is upset. For years, they have shaped Republican policy, spending millions of dollars trying to push the Republican Party towards a business-first economic message that…

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The Real GOP Convention Battle to Watch for This Summer

Most Republicans have by now conceded that Donald Trump will be the named the nominee at the party’s convention in July. However, while the nomination fight may be over, other…

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Analysis

Is the Republican Party Imploding? (VIDEO)

Frank Cannon is president of the American Principles Project and a respected conservative political strategist with over 30 years of experience. I think that what people are not looking at…

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Bevin’s Shock Kentucky Win Shows Social Issues Help GOP

Just a couple of days ago, the now-elect Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said, according to The Washington Post, that he had planned to campaign on economic issues, but after Kim…

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Cruz Is Right: When You Fight, the Polls Change

Ted Cruz made an important point in an interview with Chuck Todd yesterday: the political dynamic changes when leaders are willing to fight on an issue. This is why the…

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Rick Santorum Calls Out Big GOP Donors for “Truce Strategy”

Rush Limbaugh is not the only one finally noticing what American Principles in Action pointed out a year ago: a donor driven truce strategy on social issues is a pathway…

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