Saturday, August 25, 2012 CNN.com - Top Stories: Republican Party's roots CNN.com - Top Stories CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Republican Party's roots Aug 26th 2012, 03:17 Some may not realize that the GOP ("Grand Old Party") owes its origin to the fight over slavery nearly 160 years ago. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions Tweet