Republicans sitting on a time bombBeneath this week's show of unity there are divisions that threaten to tear the Republicans apart, reports Gerard Baker
September 02, 2004
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It is usually when parties leave office that the bloodletting begins. Old-fashioned Republican isolationists will savage the neo-conservative nation builders. Deficit hawks will assault the tax-cutting supply-siders. The party's social moderates will fight the Christian conservatives. The pro-business lobby will take on the populist, anti-immigration, anti-free trade Republicans.
It is likely to be a bonfire that will last for years -- which is why so much is at stake for Republicans in this election.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10643823%255E2703,00.htmlWhat say... we help them along???
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