christian grantham
Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD.
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March 26, 2005

When agendas collide: In the same exit polls the Republican Party is fond of using lately to suggest increased support among black and women voters, most of those voting for President Bush cited "moral issues" over the economy, the war in Iraq and terrorism as their top issue.

Now Republicans that would prefer taking care of the American people's business are finding out who is really in control of their party as their radical evangelical base lurches against the balance of power with arrogant threats against the judiciary and the rule of law.

Is it any wonder that the man at the center of Congress's egregious breach of trust with the American people is a man who was unanimously admonished by Democrats and Republicans for problems with ethics and currently at the center of multiple investigations? House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has a vision for the Republican Party: take it down in a conflagration of moral indignation.

It is time for Tom DeLay to step down.

A week after their unprecedented intervention in the Terri Schiavo case, Republican congressional leaders find themselves in a moral and political thicket, having advanced the cause as a right-to-life issue -- only to confront polls showing that the public does not see it that way.

"How deep is this Congress going to reach into the personal lives of each and every one of us?" asked Rep. Christopher Shays (Conn.), one of only five Republicans in the House to vote against the Schiavo bill.

Republican lawmakers and others engaged in the debate say an internal party dispute over the Schiavo case has ruptured, at least temporarily, the uneasy alliance between economic and social conservatives that twice helped President Bush get elected.
[Schiavo Case Tests Priorities Of GOP - Washington Post - 03-26-05]