http://www.thepinkflamingo.org/2006/12/09/what-is-going-on-with-conservatives-in-the-gop-part-ii/ A Canary in the Subway is like a Canary in a Coal Mine. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thepinkflamingo.org/2006/12/09/what-is-going-on-with-conservatives-in-the-gop-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Anonymous Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:52:00 +0000 http://www.thepinkflamingo.org/2006/12/09/what-is-going-on-with-conservatives-in-the-gop-part-ii/#comment-45 While the intensity of the dissent appears to be rising - Mr. Warner made a point Tuesday of calling attention to his little-noticed opposition in a nearly empty Senate chamber over the weekend - support for the measure among Republican and conservative leaders still appears strong. In interviews, some conservatives either dismissed the argument that the vote was a federal intrusion on states' rights or argued that their opposition to euthanasia as part of their support of the right-to-life movement trumped any aversion they might have to a dominant federal government. While the intensity of the dissent appears to be rising – Mr. Warner made a point Tuesday of calling attention to his little-noticed opposition in a nearly empty Senate chamber over the weekend – support for the measure among Republican and conservative leaders still appears strong. In interviews, some conservatives either dismissed the argument that the vote was a federal intrusion on states’ rights or argued that their opposition to euthanasia as part of their support of the right-to-life movement trumped any aversion they might have to a dominant federal government.

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