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US Senate Elections and the 'Soul' of the Republican Party
It's conventional wisdom that Democrats will be taking it on the chin come November, but divisions within the GOP have political forecasters taking another look. Will Republican nominees be so far right they repel Independents who can be the final "deciders?" Also, hopes of finding 11 missing workers fades after an oil rig sinks in the Gulf of Mexico, and free speech, death threats and censorship.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenIt's conventional wisdom that Democrats will be taking it on the chin come November, but divisions within the GOP have political forecasters taking another look. Will Republican nominees be so far right they repel Independents who can be the final "deciders?" Also, hopes of finding 11 missing workers fades after an oil rig sinks in the Gulf of Mexico, and the cartoon satire South Park has led to death threats and censorship by Comedy Central. Shades of Danish newspaper drawings five years ago.
Banner image: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) and Republican presidential nominee US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) campaign together March 6, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (McCain was campaigning in Florida after securing the Republican presidential nomination) Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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3 storiesOil Rig Sinks, Hopes Fade of Finding 11 Missing Workers
There’s little hope of finding 11 workers missing since Tuesday’s explosion on the oil-drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. BP PLC, the company that leases the rig, is leading the effort to clean up a growing oil slick. Brett Clanton reports for the Houston Chronicle .
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As a State Senator, Charlie Crist was so tough on crime he was known as "Chain Gang Charlie." But as the Republican Governor of Florida the one-time "conservative's conservative" won the support of Democrats and Independents. Now, as he runs for the US Senate , he's up against the harsh fact that only Republicans vote in Florida's GOP primary.
Read the story35 minComedy Central Censors 'South Park'
Comedy Central Network has removed all references to the Prophet Muhammad from the second segment of the cartoon satire South Park. The first segment showed the prophet dressed in a bear suit and drew death threats from a fringe group of extremist Muslims. The show's producers say the segment should have run in full .
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