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08-05-2011, 08:10 AM #1working4changeGuest
Moderates in California try to push GOP toward center on imm
Moderates in California try to push GOP toward center on immigration, guns, gay rights
By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, August 5, 3:33 AM
LOS ANGELES — Conservative Republicans flexed their newfound muscle in Capitol Hill’s chaotic debt showdown, but in left-leaning California, moderates are trying to push the party toward the center on immigration, guns and gay rights as the 2012 elections come into view.
The latest friction in a long tussle between conservatives and centrists in California comes as leaders search for ways to make their candidates more competitive in a state where Democrats control the Legislature, hold every statewide office and enjoy a growing registration advantage. It also mirrors tensions playing out nationally as presidential contenders maneuver in advance of next year’s primary season.
A proposed rewrite of the California Republican Party platform retreats from opposition to same-sex adoption, domestic partner benefits and child custody, avoids any mention of overturning Roe v. Wade and drops a demand to end virtually all federal and state benefits for illegal immigrants.
Alarmed conservatives say the party’s core principles are under assault.
“It’s castrating conservative ideas,â€
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