Thousands of conservative activists will descend on Washington Thursday to divine the future of a Republican Party that is fervently committed to defeating President Obama in the fall, but remains deeply divided on nearly everything else.

The three-day Conservative Political Action Conference will attempt to bridge GOP divides that threaten the party’s strength against Obama in the general election, by rallying competing factions around a set of core principles: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, organizers said.

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