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Mondo Washingtonby James RidgewayBig Tent Falling Down Hypermilitary Bush reign pushes conservative coalition to the edgeNovember 2nd, 2004 11:10 AM WASHINGTON, D.C.—Casting a cold eye to the future, one can observe developing fissures within the conservative political movement. The tensions have always been there, with libertarian-minded Republicans bucking for a free market and less government and right-wing Christians calling for a strong federal presence even in the bedroom. By logic, the two sides ought to be at one another's throats, not breaking bread at the same table. Yet that's how they've remained, however warily, held together since the Reagan era...