Read more conservative stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2319/conservative.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:09:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74712/rnc-mulls-litmus-test-for-2010-candidates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA group of RNC members is circulating a conservative purity test that they say should be used to determine which candidates the committee should endorse and fund. Titled the “Resolution on Reagan’s Unity Principle for Support of Candidates,” the email outlines 10 points of Republican orthodoxy, and proposes that only...http://www.newser.com/story/74712/rnc-mulls-litmus-test-for-2010-candidates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:49:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74622/jim-demint-becomes-hills-top-tea-partier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJim DeMint has thrown his lot in with the hyper-conservative tea party movement, backing far-right candidates against party favorites in several key 2010 races. In the process, the South Carolina senator’s picked up a pile of enemies in the party leadership, but he’s also grown his influence. Even moderate Republicans...http://www.newser.com/story/74622/jim-demint-becomes-hills-top-tea-partier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 7:47:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74503/far-right-challenger-a-threat-to-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEveryone’s favorite maverick could be unseated in 2010 by a hard-line conservative talk show host who's mulling a bid, a new Rasmussen poll suggests. John McCain leads potential primary opponent JD Hayworth, a local radio host and former House member, by a razor-thin 2%, which is within the poll’s 4%...http://www.newser.com/story/74503/far-right-challenger-a-threat-to-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74241/conservative-kids-book-vilifies-pelosi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHelp! Mom! The Radicals Are Ruining My Country! sounds like what it is: A picture book aimed at conservative children—or maybe the children of conservative parents. In any case, a tiara-wearing Nancy Pelosi features prominently, and she ain’t a Santa Claus figure, notes Boing Boing . The book, which follows...http://www.newser.com/story/74241/conservative-kids-book-vilifies-pelosi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 13:42:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73995/christian-group-boycotts-gap-over-holiday-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Christian group has launched a boycott of the Gap over its religion-neutral holiday ads. The American Family Association, already ticked off by last year’s campaign, which wished consumers a “Merry Gap-mas,” hit the roof over this year's “Go Christmas, Go Hanukkah, Go Kwanzaa, Go Solstice.” The tagline "looks like...http://www.newser.com/story/73995/christian-group-boycotts-gap-over-holiday-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 14:15:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73992/blogger-foe-confronts-acorn-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAndrew Breitbart—whose conservative BigGovernment.com website aired the ACORN sting videos—decided to mosey down to an ACORN protest in Los Angeles this week, and he's not happy with the rough treatment he got. He blogs that he was harassed and threatened by the "dregs of society" so badly...http://www.newser.com/story/73992/blogger-foe-confronts-acorn-protesters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 13:10:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73916/ny-23-race-isnt-over-yet-hoffman-narrowing-gap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn odd twist in that closely watched congressional race from upstate New York: Even though Democrat Bill Owens is already sworn into office to represent NY-23, the state is still counting the ballots—and the margin between him and Conservative Doug Hoffman is shrinking. At last count, Owens led by...http://www.newser.com/story/73916/ny-23-race-isnt-over-yet-hoffman-narrowing-gap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 15:48:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73548/palin-warns-again-of-rationed-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagShe didn't use the term "death panel," but Sarah Palin kept up her criticism of "rationed" care for the elderly and disabled last night. In a speech to abortion opponents, Palin warned that the same philosophy that allows abortions could be applied to those two groups with dangerous consequences. Especially,...http://www.newser.com/story/73548/palin-warns-again-of-rationed-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Nov 2009 14:12:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73159/conservatives-arent-crazy-they-just-want-their-turn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDon’t listen to the liberals telling you the right is crazy and going to heck in a handbasket. The reality is far simpler: “After 15 or 20 years of steady moderation, many conservatives think it might be time to give their ideas a try,” writes Jonah Goldberg of the Los...http://www.newser.com/story/73159/conservatives-arent-crazy-they-just-want-their-turn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 12:53:31 CST