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<p>Some leading Democrats are moving to stake out more conservative positions on gun rights, reconnecting with "people of faith," and even voting to ban partial-birth abortion as the 2004 election approaches.</p> <p>Polls have shown that liberal positions on social issues have cost Democrats elections in the past decade, and strategists are urging Democrats to stake out positions in the political center.</p>

Democratic Leadership Council Courting Gun Owners with Fraud, Says CCRKBA 10/17/03 5:02:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National and State desks Contact: Alan Gottlieb or Joe Waldron, 425-454-4911, both of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms; Web: http://www.ccrkba.org BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today called the Democratic Leadership Council's joint weekend conference in Atlanta with the anti-gun Americans for Gun Safety "a fraud designed to fool gun owners into thinking that Democrats are truly interested in gun rights, when they are really...

<p>LAKEVILLE, Conn. -- The smell of burnt rubber filled Lime Rock Park on a brilliant fall day this weekend as three dozen stock cars thundered around the track hitting speeds of 140 mph along the straightaways. On the grassy hills overlooking the track some 15,000 to 18,000 fans, mostly middle-aged white men with their sons in tow, spread out in canvas sport chairs with coolers at their sides, their minds on racing and most certainly not on politics.</p>

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - Two moderate Democrat senators are leading an effort to improve the Democratic Party's image among churchgoers and gun owners with the hopes of recapturing Congress and the White House next year. Sens. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) said Democrats have adopted the wrong political strategy when it comes to countering Republicans on cultural issues like religion, gun rights and family values. "If we appear to be hostile to individuals of faith, hostile to those who own guns, indifferent to the concerns of traditional families and weak on national security issues," Bayh said, "that is...