1.   Gunderson is executive director of the Republican Mainstream Partnership, a coalition that would rather not even discuss abortion than see it and other religious issues split the party.

2.   Not surprisingly, the fee issue has split lawmakers on both the state and federal levels along partisan lines.

3.   One hundred and forty years later, he worried that this issue could split the church again.

4.   Supporters of the pacifist motion agreed also appealed to delegates not to allow the issue to split the party.

5.   The issue does not split neatly along party lines.

6.   The issue has split the Christian community into two camps.

7.   The issue split lawmakers along party lines with Democrats charging their Republican colleagues with backing off the legislation because it provided protections for homosexuals.

8.   The issue could split the party open.

9.   The issue has split politicians in the region served by Northwest.

10.   The issue has split the opposition into stubborn camps, and threatens the unity of the governing party itself.