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Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:30:50 PM
Republican John McCain challenged the notion he is struggling to rally conservative critics as he picked up the endorsement Monday of evangelical leader Gary Bauer.
In an interview, Bauer noted McCain's strength with independent-minded voters but added, "he's also going to need every last one of the conservative activists."
"My endorsement, at least in part, was done because I hope I can facilitate the reconciliation there and help unite conservatives going into what is going to be an extraordinarily important election," Bauer said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Bauer was the latest of several conservatives to sign on, but McCain still faces outspoken opposition from some foes, including talk radio host Rush Limbaugh who had threatened to boycott a race in which McCain is the nominee. Some on the party's right flank distrust McCain's sometimes moderate positions and his willingness to work with Democrats in Congress.
(Read more of this story here. Is there a split on the Right. It sure looks like it. Those of us on the right should never back away from our values but we also must take what we can get. )
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