Sentences with phrase «many social conservatives»

With the retirement of his father Ron Paul, Rand Paul has taken over the mantle of the GOP's libertarian wing, fusing it with his growing coalition of Tea Partiers and social conservatives.

Women's health advocates got a partial win on Tuesday as Ohio Governor John Kasich, a devoutly religious social conservative, vetoed a controversial «fetal heartbeat» bill that would have outlawed abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

«Rand is one of the only people who can speak to libertarians, social conservatives, as well as your average mainstream Republican voter.»

A slightly larger number (52 %) said the channel would most benefit social conservatives.

Alberta's Progressive Conservative tent is a broad one, including constituencies such as small - town social conservatives, fiscally conservative suburbanites and Calgary's white - collar oilpatch.

«Elimination of caucuses and conventions would mean nuclear war with the grassroots, social conservatives, the Ron Paul movement and Tea Party Republicans,» said John Tate, a senior Paul advisor who now runs the Campaign For Liberty, a libertarian grassroots lobbying group.

He is a multi-term state legislator and a social conservative.

He's betting that he can broaden his Tea Party following by winning over social conservatives, and use a victory in Iowa — where he's in a virtual dead heat with Donald Trump in a new Des Moines Register / Bloomberg poll released Wednesday — as a springboard to success in South Carolina.

Some social conservatives will downplay any evidence that marijuana causes harm.

They bash social conservatives as ineffective sellouts to the GOP establishment, and rail against neo-conservative hawks for their embrace of Israel.

On abortion, another key topic for social conservatives, Harper said while running against Day that the Alliance could not afford to focus on the issue.

If Kenney doesn't follow the lead of Brown, his fellow social conservative caucus colleague, it likely signals one of two things: he does want the support of voters for whom parental rights regarding their pre-adolescents and teens are a big issue; or that he's calculated that a softening of his image would show weakness and isn't worth it, because his party has such a comfortable edge over Notley that he can afford to lose voters wary of anything resembling social conservatism.

In the speech that urged the Alliance to embrace social conservatives, Harper also said that left - wing Canadians stand for «radical, responsibility - free individualism» and «tribalism in the form of group rights.»

After running for the Alliance leadership as the moderate who would preserve the party from the moral crusaders clustered around Stockwell Day, Harper reached out to social conservatives and took a tough stance against gay marriage.

In the recorded phone message, Mr. Anders described Mr. Nau as «a good guy» and a «good solid social conservative» who did two tours in Iraq with the United States military.

The de facto deputy prime minister is Jason Kenney, one of Ottawa's most ardent social conservatives.

And despite the party's sometimes uneasy coalition of libertarian and social conservatives, it is reasonable to believe Ms. Smith would still receive a strong endorsement from party members in a leadership review (she received 90 % approval in a 2013 review).

Rick Santorum can play to the high - mindedness of the social conservative agenda because in Iowa those voters have two loaves of bread under each arm.

Maybe the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, Mr. Anders is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.

Mr. Hehr's motion undoubtably would have made some social conservatives uncomfortable, but it would have ultimately helped drag some of Alberta's more stodgy school boards into the 21st century.

Mr. Byfield has been campaigning for more than a year and could make gains if he is able to tap into the base of social conservative voters in this constituency.

The nutty social conservatives proved to be the Wildrose's greatest weakness in the 2012 election, costing the party a chance at forming government.

Barring a political earthquake, it is expected the Conservative Party candidate will win the by - election in this sprawling southeast Alberta riding with a large Mormon community and a strong social conservative base.

Over the course of the debate, she proved herself to be the only opposition MLA who has been able to throw Mr. Prentice off balance and exposed a huge rift between moderates and social conservatives in the PC caucus.

It appears as though Kenney will go to far lengths not to do anything that would alienate the social conservative supporters he hopes will help make him leader of the UCP in October 2017.

Mr. Viersen is the former treasurer of the Barrhead / Neerlandia local of the Association for Reformed Political Action, a social conservative Christian organization that has spoken against Gay - Straight Alliance legislation for Alberta schools and questioned the existence of human - influenced climate change.

Speaking to CBC, Little Bow MLA Ian Donovan, who crossed the floor from the Wildrose to the Progressive Conservatives this week, told host Mark Connolly that the PCs are now more social conservative than the Wildrose.

He says he doesn't want to out LGBTQ + students, when mere months ago he was saying exactly that to pander to his social conservative base.

Kenney, known for being a solid fiscal and social conservative, spoke to a room of mostly white, middle - aged supporters.

Because of his track - record as a social conservative and Wildrose supporter, Mr. Kenney might not find a great deal of support among existing PC Party members, including the 1,001 who attended the party's annual general meeting earlier this year.

To social conservatives, particularly evangelicals, the Stormy Daniels saga presents an ethical quandary: The president they've tasked with defending Christianity against the «secular left» allegedly cheated on his third wife, just months after she gave birth, with an adult film star.

Perhaps the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, he is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.

The two main candidates for the leadership of the party, Jason Kenney and Brian Jean, are openly appealing to the party's social conservative and rural base of supporters and have been extremely reluctant to discuss any social issues.

Wildrosers had a history of refusing to moderate, but Kenney learned political leadership at the feet of fellow social conservative Stephen Harper, who excelled at letting certain elements hijack the party agenda for strategic advantage.

growth test,» while social conservative groups pushed lawmakers to restore a tax credit for families who adopt children.

The president of the Club for Growth, an influential group promoting tax cuts, issued a statement Tuesday saying parts of the House bill «fails the pro-growth test,» while social conservative groups pushed lawmakers to restore a tax credit for families who adopt children.

In a post about an hour ago, Deputy Editor Matthew Schmitz draws our attention to a Think Progress post that (until it was revised) stated «Social conservatives are worried about some decline in social morays and norms.»

Josh Barro wrote that «Social conservatives are more likely to signal openness to pro-middle class economic policies than the «hardheaded business types» who fund the party.: I think there is some truth to that, and I think that Barro's next observation is interesting and....

A few weeks back, I highlighted the friction between ascendant libertarians and ignored social conservatives at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

But another «social conservative» or family / natalist guy, Allan Carlson, is big on saying that the Democrats were the more pro-family party through the Sixties.

Most social conservatives know that the main determinant of reproductive rates in America isn't patriotism but religion.

I don't think Rick did what he did as a sop to some social conservative vote that may have been wavering in its vote in his favor.

If you really believe there's a god in charge, social conservatives, then let him deal with women who abort their babies.

Im not a democrat, and will not usually vote for one, but dam these social conservatives challenge me to do so every day.

He was a social conservative who didn't like welfare?

The statement that will have some social conservatives up in arms is, «I don't believe employers should tell someone whether they could have contraceptive care or not.»

First and foremost — a social conservative is interested in preserving the social status quo.

A social conservative who despised Barry Goldwater (the major precursor to Ronald Reagan).

Josh Barro wrote that «Social conservatives are more likely to signal openness to pro-middle class economic policies than the «hardheaded business types» who fund the party.: I think there is some truth to that, and I think that Barro's next observation is interesting and also has some truth:

Matthew Schmitz has a terrific post which discusses Mike Murphy's suicide - for - the - Republican Party idea that the Republicans should abandon social conservatives and focus on hard headed economic conservatism.