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f forced to pick, former Vice President Dick Cheney said he'd side with conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh over his administration's former Secretary of State, Colin Powell. "If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I'd choose Rush Limbaugh," Cheney said when asked about whose vision of the GOP he'd side with. "My impression was that Colin was no longer a Republican." Cheney spoke on one of the more dogged issues facing the GOP during an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday, encouraging Republicans' outreach efforts while maintaining that the party needs to be true...

If Republicans are to win future presidential elections, they must add Latino voters to their midst. In this respect, bad news and good news comes from a recent Pew Hispanic Center study. The bad news is that these voters are most likely to identify with Democrats; the good news is that their party loyalty is shallow and their political viewpoints defy easy categorization. And a question mark should be given the GOP--to ask whether its conservative base is willing to accept changes that would build Latino acceptance. The study was conducted on 4,213 adults 18 and older. The study notes...