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Article: The Log Cabin's Repair Job.(Periscope; POLITICS)(Republican party)
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- Newsweek
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- April 27, 2009
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Byline: Kurt Soller
In the 2008 election, 4 percent of the voters identified themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual, according to a CNN poll, and 27 percent of them voted for John McCain--numbers that seem to indicate a healthy space in politics for the Log Cabin Republicans, the party's most visible gay organization. But as its annual convention in Washington wraps up this week, the LCR is running on fumes: it currently has no full-time employees--its executive-director position has been vacant since January--and this year's convention had to be run by consultants from local chapters. "The Log Cabin Republicans are not in any sort of danger right now," says ...