Here's a short article featuring former EPA Director Christine Todd Whitman from the Denver Post [July 27, 2005, "Ex-EPA chief laments GOP shift"]. From the article, "The conservative right wing of the Republican Party has made moderates feel like outcasts, along with anyone else who isn't 100 percent with the right on social causes, former Bush administration official Christine Todd Whitman said Tuesday. The former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and former New Jersey governor lamented the polarization in politics that has left both parties 'hardening their bases' with extreme viewpoints rather than reaching out to the middle. As a result, merely demonstrating a willingness to discuss embryonic stem-cell research or same-sex marriage gets GOP politicians like Whitman ostracized or labeled a RINO, or "Republican in name only," she told The Denver Post before her talk Tuesday at the Aspen Institute's summer speaker series."
Tom Tancredo is going to get the opportunity to explain his recent comments, according to the Rocky Mountain News [July 27, 2005, "Tancredo to meet with Muslims"]. From the article, "U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo plans to meet with some Muslim leaders and ignore others in the wake of his controversial remarks about Islamic holy sites. The Littleton Republican faced an international outcry over a recent radio interview in which he suggested the United States could threaten to 'take out' Muslim holy sites if radical Islamic terrorists launch nuclear attacks in U.S. cities...Tancredo's spokesman would not confirm specifics, but one meeting could happen as early as today and include representatives of the Washington, D.C.-based group, Free Muslim Coalition. Group president Kamal Nawash said the meeting will allow Tancredo to clarify his comments as part of a larger dialogue about terrorism...'We are aware of Congressman Tancredo. We think he's a good guy. We really do,' Nawash said.'We think this controversy was blown out of proportion. We want to talk about finding a way to, I guess, mend fences with the community.'"
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