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The GOP Base Gets More Radical

By The Daily Dish
Apr 26 2009, 8:31 AM ET

On marriage, immigration and spending, the intensity of the far right is increasing, not decreasing, according to the Politico:

"My e-mail overfloweth," said David Overholtzer, a longtime GOP activist in western Iowa's Pottawattamie County. "Amnesty is still very much a hot-button and gay marriage especially is here in Iowa. The view is that we've got to hold our legislators' and governors' feet to the fire."

"I’ve never seen the grass-roots quite as motivated, concerned and angry," said Steve Scheffler, the head of the Iowa Christian Alliance and the state's RNC committeeman.


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