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Pope Benedict XVI's efforts to unify the Catholic Church and reach out to Christian traditionalists took a new step Monday with the start of talks between the Vatican and a group of breakaway Catholics that includes a Holocaust denier.
Britain's main opposition Conservatives pledged Tuesday to make Britons work longer before retirement, cut child benefits and freeze government salaries — a program they acknowledged would likely be unpopular as they bid to win office.
The Sun is setting on Britain's beleaguered Labour Party.
A straw vote suggests former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is a favorite among religious conservatives to be president in 2012.
Hello, fiery populism. Goodbye, fire and brimstone. One by one, before an annual gathering Friday of the religious right and other "values voters," conservative leaders blistered President Barack Obama's health care plan as socialism, warned of expanded government and derided bailouts of private industry as grossly unfair to taxpayers.
The head of a group of fiscally conservative Democrats says negotiations with House leaders on health care have collapsed.
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday replaced the cardinal responsible for lifting the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop as part of the Vatican's effort to reconcile with an ultraconservative group.
Social conservatives in Iowa and New Hampshire already were reeling from scandals surrounding two Republicans thought to be considering White House runs when Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin shocked the party by announcing her resignation.
Priest ordinations planned by an ultraconservative group won't be legitimate even though Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of the organization's leaders, the Vatican said Wednesday.
Congressional conservatives, convinced voters need to see a Republican health care plan and frustrated their party hasn't offered one, are introducing legislation of their own.
Republican senators challenged President Barack Obama's pick for the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, echoing concerns raised by Christian conservatives about his past legal arguments on pornography and abortion.
Christian conservatives are challenging President Barack Obama's picks for top Justice Department positions, charging that past clients like Playboy taint their resumes.
Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops, including that of a Holocaust denier whose rehabilitation sparked outrage among Jewish groups.
- If goes on to win the election, there will be plenty of ink and video spent on chronicling the historic nature of the turnout among young voters and African-Americans.
For Republicans, the postelection blame game is already beginning.
Conservative Party leader David Cameron pledged Wednesday to prove his ability to revive Britain's faltering economy — but warned he has no miracle cure.
Ahead in opinion polls, boosted by a run of special election victories over the governing Labour Party and newly in charge of London's City Hall, Britain's main opposition Conservatives have every reason to feel cocky.
Conservatives from the world's largest Anglican provinces who are angered by liberal thinking in churches in North America and elsewhere plan to create a global fellowship that challenges worldwide Anglican unity but stops short of a formal split.
Talk about cold comfort. Mitt Romney, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race on Thursday, won a straw poll of conservative activists on Saturday, edging out likely nominee John McCain.
Without naming John McCain, President Bush marshaled the conservative wing of the Republican Party on Friday to back the presumed GOP presidential nominee for the upcoming battle against the Democratic Party.
Republican John McCain says he will try to win over some conservative Republicans by promising to appoint judges in the mold of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito.
Republican John McCain is trying to ease long-standing distrust among the party's powerful conservatives. It will be a slow process.
The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth took the first steps Saturday to withdraw from the national church as part of a growing rift over Scriptural interpretation and homosexuality, giving preliminary approval to constitutional amendments.
Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani has been winning over some conservative Republicans by promising to appoint judges in the mold of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and others who might seem likely to limit the reach of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
Glenn Beck, "The Plan," and 100 years of anger, paranoia, and extremism So what was Glenn Beck's big, massive, history-altering announcement? Is he running for office? Founding a PAC? Setting up a third party?
Is Right-Wing Media Hustler Trying to "Blackmail" Obama's Attorney General over ACORN Videos?Andew Breitbart appears to be threatening to release more ACORN smear videos to avoid a serious DOJ investigation.
The terrible shock of realitSteve Benen examines the foolish inconsistency of the right-wing outrage over the plans to put terrorists on trial in civilian courts.
Cafe Press Bans All 'Pray For Obama: Psalm 109:8′ Merchandise This week, both the websites of CafePress.com and Zazzle.com decided to stop selling merchandise that featured the latest right-wing craze: the slogan "Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8." However, Cafe Press then changed its mind and told ThinkProgress that it was reinstating the m …
A Rogue Reaction: Palin Is No ReaganThose nasty elites are coming down hard on Sarah Palin for putting her name on a book with about as much heft as cotton candy.
15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart At The SeamsSome where Karl Marx is smiling a big "Told you so"
Does Rush Limbaugh Have a Subconsious Desire to be Raped?Conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Michael Savage frequently employ rape metaphors when discussing progressives or progressive policies.
Let me begin by saying that I am not a Republican. Never have been. I am a Constitutional Conservative, and a supporter of the GOP only by default.
Geithner To GOP: "You Gave This President An Economy Falling Off The Cliff" (Video)Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and GOP Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas turned a seemingly boring hearing on financial regulations into a messy fracas, when they traded insults over who was to blame for the economic crisis.
DAWN.COM | World | Thirty years on, Mecca mosque siege reverberatesRIYADH: Thirty years ago, as tens of thousands of hajj pilgrims were completing dawn prayers inside Mecca, gunshots pierced the sanctity of the Grand Mosque.
Fred Thompson: Afghanistan war "already lost"Fred Thompson, the actor and former Republican Senator, told listeners of his radio show Thursday that the war in Afghanistan is "already lost," and put the blame on President Barack Obama's delays in making a decision on a troop surge for the war effort.
Serve, Don't Dictate: Long-Time Conservative D.C. Insiders Need To GoThey think they're like Chuck Norris in his 2008 Huckabee endorsement spot: "Chuck Norris doesn't endorse, he tells America how it's gonna be." While the Norris ad was playful, Washington insiders are serious.
NY-23 ABSENTEE COUNTS: Hoffman can't winIt's over. Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh, leads by 3,105 votes with 3,072 absentee ballots left to be counted.
What Richard Nixon knew about Watergate: forensic experts investigateThirty-five years after Nixon was forced to become the only US president to resign, government investigators remain determined to find out the extent of knowledge of the raid on the Democratic National Committee's offices in Washington.
The Right Dumps Carrie PrejeanPrejean wasn't a conservative talking head overnight. But with sex tapes surfacing, Jacob Bernstein reports the handlers who fueled her rise now see her as retroactive to their cause.
Admittedly, Sarah Palin draws big crowds for the republican base, especially the conservative base. That is a good thing for a party on the rebound. Then I listen to her speeches and I wonder where the substance is coming from.
PM's Jewish pitch hits a new low, critics say - thestar.comOTTAWA–Angry Liberals Wednesday accused the Conservative government of reaching a new political low by circulating flyers characterizing the Liberals as anti-Semitic.
Democrats get Religion: "God Bless" Sarah PalinThe Democratic National Committee has been, for days emailing reporters gleefully about Sarah Palin's media blitz, feeding the flames of what officials there see as a distraction for and a threat to the Republican Party.
What a Difference a Year MakesThe Democrats have more political power than they have had at any time since the presidency of LBJ.
Party FavorsNow conservative offerings come with diagrams of farting cows -- bless Glenn Beck. No one is likely to have his worldview rocked by Sean Hannity's Deliver Us From Evil or his political eyes opened by Michelle Malkin's Unhinged.
Conservatives: we will kill off Queen's speech billsTory peers will use time pressure to thwart Gordon Brown's 'electioneering' package
The Fear Of "Offending" Is Now A Threat To All Of UsDespite all the exhortations to report suspicious behavior in a post-9/11 world, we have seen the creation of a perilous climate in which the fear of offending has overtaken common sense even when lives are at stake.
FACT CHECK: Palin's Book Goes Rogue On Some FactsSarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer's dime, a reformer without ties to pow …
"She's not retreating, shes reloading!" Sarah Palin sets sights on new push for the White HouseAnyone seeking clues as to whether Sarah Palin plans to run for US president in 2012 should consider the quotation from her father, Charles Heath, that she uses to introduce the final chapter of her new book, Going Rogue. "She's not retreating", he says. "She's reloading!"
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