What a difference two years make. Instead of a band of rabble-rousing conservatives, a markedly different group was plotting campaign strategy with House Republican leaders at a recent party headquarters meeting. Gone is the tea party-infused talk of confrontation. This diverse group -- top-tier candidates picked to be in the GOP's "Young Guns" program -- includes an openly gay former Massachusetts state legislator, an African-American female mayor from Utah and an Indian-American Ivy league graduate from California. Unlike the take-no-prisoners approach of two years ago, these candidates stressed the need to work with Democrats to get things done in Washington.
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Tea party-infused talk of confrontation absent from some GOP House candidates
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"Young Guns" stress need to work with Democrats to get things done in Washington
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Group includes openly gay ex-Massachusetts state lawmaker, black female mayor from Utah
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Those selected for the program received financial and political support from the national party, and 62 of them won in 2010, helping to return the House gavel back to the @placeholder.
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"I think it's important that Republicans and @placeholder start basically reaching across the aisle and finding the areas (where) we agree and at least moving forward on those," he said.