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The more ominous explanation, at least for conservatism, is that party members have changed. Republicans, as a whole, are not as conservative as they once were. Research results I am seeing suggest to me that this is key to why the rules are changing. Conservatives no longer benefit from the domination they once enjoyed.

CHARLOTTE -- Fox Sports will give Greg Good, the Carolina Panthers fan who dresses up as "Catman" at home games, a new pickup truck, after an on-air practical joke by the network's broadcast team during a preseason game went wrong. In the second half of an Aug. 24 game at Bank of America Stadium between Carolina and Miami, Fox announcers Dick Stockton and Daryl Johnston started billing a car giveaway as a reason for fans to stay tuned after the teams' starters left the game. "Now all you fans out there, you might be thinking, 'Well, the starting units are...

New No 10 press chief, same old story - keep up the attack on BBC By Marie Woolf, Chief Political Correspondent 03 September 2003 Alastair Campbell's successor has signalled his intention to maintain Downing Street's onslaught on the BBC and to subject its journalists to further pressure. David Hill, Tony Blair's new chief spin doctor, believes BBC journalists should be "scrutinised more than they are and brought up short more often than they are". The Government will announce today its plans to end the culture of spin by putting the No 10 press operation under civil service control. But Mr...