Globe and Mail Greek poll shows pro-bailout conservatives leadingChicago TribuneATHENS (Reuters) – Greece's conservative New Democracy party, which backs the country's international bailout, has retaken the lead from the anti-bailout radical leftist SYRIZA, a poll showed on Thursday, the first published since a new election was [Continue]
Sydney Morning Herald Greek poll shows pro-bailout conservatives leadingReutersATHENS (Reuters) – Greece's conservative New Democracy party, which backs the country's international bailout, has retaken the lead from the anti-bailout radical leftist SYRIZA, a poll showed on Thursday, the first published since a new election was [Continue]
Conservatives asking court to quash Council of Canadians robocalls claim.Edmonton JournalThe Conservative Party will ask the Federal Court to throw out a citizen advocacy group's legal challenge that claims misleading telephone calls in the last election affected the results in seven ridings. Conservative Party lawyer Arthur Hamilton told [Continue]
CBS News 5 Ways Conservatives Are Destroying the Institution of MarriageHuffington Post (blog)Blue Families reveals that it is also the product of a conservative economic program that has wreaked havoc on the family lives of struggling Americans. We have been consistently stunned, though alas not shocked, by the anguished tones used by those [Continue]
Politico Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker sees payoff in pitching message to conservativesAppleton Post CrescentWalker's official calendars from his first 13 months in office indicate he spent a significant amount of time building credentials with conservatives in Wisconsin and across the nation. / Sharon Cekada/The Post-Crescent Through the [Continue]
An immigration crackdown killed — by conservativesPhiladelphia InquirerWhile liberals were harboring futile hopes that the Supreme Court would invalidate Arizona's anti-immigrant law, Mississippi conservatives quietly shelved theirs. It now appears that Arizona-like laws are more likely to suffer at the hands of politics …and [Continue]
Stuff.co.nz Conservatives leader in demand as agony auntTVNZAfter hitting the headlines in the past week with his controversial views on promiscuity and gay marriage, Conservative Party leader Colin Craig is in demand as an agony aunt. Parents and others are writing to the Christian businessman for advice.Conservative Craig in demand as agony [Continue]
Salon Why do conservatives hate freedom?SalonBy Michael Lind Why do conservatives hate freedom? The question may be startling. After all, don't conservatives claim they are protecting liberty in America against liberal statism, which they compare to communism or fascism? But the conservative idea …and more » conservative [Continue]
Conservatives' idea of a good time is the 1700sKorea TimesBy Reg Henry The late William F. Buckley, the intelligent and witty voice of conservatism before talk-show primitives took over the microphone and the movement with it, famously described a conservative as "someone who stands athwart history, … conservative – Google [Continue]
Tripped Media Cardenas: Gay Stance May Inspire ConservativesNational JournalBy George E. Condon Jr. AP Photo/Hans Pennink More social conservatives could rally behind Mitt Romney, now that President Obama says he supports same-sex marriage. Obama's embrace of same-sex marriage may galvanize social conservatives' support of …Backing [Continue]