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Article: HOW THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT CAN HELP BOB DOLE.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 8, 1996
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Byline: MARK J. ROZELL and CLYDE WILCOX
After George Bush's 1992 defeat, many suggested that his candidacy had been harmed by the GOP's alliance with the Christian Right, that ``family values'' night at the Houston convention symbolized what was wrong with the GOP.
Fast forward to the post-1994 elections analyses. According to that round of conventional wisdom, the Christian Right provided the core of GOP grass-roots energy and support. The movement that had been declared a burden on the GOP had become the central source of party energy.
These examples say much about the treatment of the Christian Right. Most observers have little in common with ...