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A group of Republicans who have decided not to run for re-election told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that the Republican Party has changed, and not for the better. Reps. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), and Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) complained about the GOP’s narrowing focus and the perception that the Republicans must pledge loyalty to the president instead of to GOP principles. […] Royce said he always considered the Republican Party to be “a big tent party” with room “for a lot of different viewpoints.” He said part of the answer is for...

New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- In addition to their efforts to overturn the Republican Party's pro-life position on abortion and to include a unity plank into the platform, leading abortion advocates are planning to hold their largest fundraiser ever. The shindig will receive support from some key Republican notables. Jennifer Blei Stockman, co-chairman of the Republican Majority for Choice, a pro-abortion political action committee, says her group will hold its biggest fundraising effort on the second night of the convention at a club in New York City. Stockman told the Greenwich Time newspaper that she expects 450 people to attend,...