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Did Dobson Push Powell to Endorse Obama? 10/22/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Max Blumenthal has a good piece up on The Daily Beast on James Dobson’s longstanding dislike of Colin Powell and outright attacks on him that suggests that Dobson’s attacks fed into …

Bauer: McCain’s The Victim of the “Race Card” 10/10/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Gary Bauer is complaining about the use of the “race card” and declares that John McCain is the real victim here.  Bauer says that “the race card is used to cower conservatives into …

Monaghan's State-Based Focus 09/23/2008 by Kyle Mantyla The Naples Daily News profiles Tom Monaghan , the founder of Dominos Pizza and ultra-right-wing Catholic activist behind the Thomas More Law Center and Ave Maria University who even built his own …

Barton: Don’t Listen to the Maverick 09/03/2008 by Kyle Mantyla It’s easy to get confused about John McCain – is he the “straight-talkin’ maverick” his supporters and the media love or is he the candidate who votes 90% of the time with George W. Bush, has …

McCain's Saddleback Bump 08/20/2008 by Kyle Mantyla As we noted before, the Right was positively thrilled with both John McCain's performance and Rick Warren's faith forum as a whole. But even we didn't fully realize the extent to which this event seems …

The New Evangelicals: Like The Right, Only Broader 08/18/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Back during the heyday of Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign, the candidate was being hailed as a “new breed” of evangelical, one who cared about issues like poverty and the …

Disgruntled Republicans Work to Undermine McCain's Pledge on Judges 07/18/2008 by Kyle Mantyla As John McCain continues to work to win over right-wing leaders, activists, and voters, the one constant theme he has been hammering is his pledge to nominate …

Reed Advises McCain Not to Court Right-Wing Leaders 05/30/2008 by Kyle Mantyla You know that something odd is happening within the Republican Party when a high-profile Religious Right leader is publicly advising John McCain NOT to seek the endorsement of …

More on the Right's 'Double Standard' for Religion in Politics 04/23/2008 by Right Wing Watch Staff Radio talker Michael Medved complains about some imaginary “ double standards ” he saw following remarks by Democratic presidential candidates Hillary …

Perkins for Senate in 2010? 04/08/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Matt Lewis, writing for Politico, suggests that Pat Toomey might be considering making another Senate run Pennsylvania while the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins might be considering his own run …