"Bush went against the grain of his own constituency," said Allen Roth, a political aide to conservative billionaire Ron Lauder and, independently, a key organizer of the fight against the mosque. "This is part of an underlying set of security issues that could play a significant role in the elections this November."
New York's beleaguered Republicans, seeing an opening, have seized and driven the mosque issue, and Roth and other mainstream figures have worked to insulate it from more radical anti-Islamic voices, like blogger Pamela Geller, who might marginalize the cause.
I looked on LexisNexis for "Pamela Geller" in transcripts from FAUX News and found these recent appearances:
Fox News Network
August 12, 2010 Thursday
SHOW: FOX HANNITY 9:00 PM EST
Controversial Imam Representing U.S.
BYLINE: Sean Hannity
GUESTS: Pamela Geller, David Lane
SECTION: NEWS; Domestic
Fox News Network
August 4, 2010 Wednesday
SHOW: THE O'REILLY FACTOR 8:12 PM EST
Factor Follow-Up
BYLINE: Bill O'Reilly
GUESTS: Pamela Geller
SECTION: NEWS; Domestic
LENGTH: 1107 words
Fox News Network
July 27, 2010 Tuesday
SHOW: FOX HANNITY 9:45 PM EST
Is Obama Doing Enough for Israel?
BYLINE: Sean Hannity, Doug Schoen, Griff Jenkins
GUESTS: Pamela Geller, Andy McCarthy
SECTION: NEWS; Domestic
LENGTH: 1966 words
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