Tea party, religious right often overlap, poll shows

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“Fifty-five percent of people who say they are part of the tea party agree that ‘America has always been and is currently a Christian nation’ - 6 points more than the percentage of self-described Christian conservatives who would say that.” Full story

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The Federalist Papers, No. 50

The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments

Independent Journal Wednesday, February 6, 1788 - James Madison

To the People of the State of New York

To what expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution?

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