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"The least known, but one of the most eagerly courted, screening committees for the next G.O.P. presidential nominee met recently in Colorado Springs, Colo., amid the panoramic opulence of the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort. The four-day meeting of affluent Evangelicals was billed as a 'summer family retreat,' and the kids rode ponies and played water sports while their folks chewed over immigration and gay marriage.
"The political group, called Legacy, aims for mystique: it has received no media attention and is unknown even on the Web. Yet all the marquee '08 Republican candidates have spoken to Legacy or met with its founders, having come to regard the group as a prime audience in these early days of raising money and trying to conjure momentum. 'If you're running for President,' said a close associate of President George W. Bush's, 'it is the place to go.'"
