Republican party; its origin, necessity and permanence: speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, before the Young Men's Republican Union of New-York, July 11th, 1860, The
We always knew "support the troops" didn't really mean anything to Republicans. It was a slogan, nothing more. And, that's being confirmed by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) who is using the anonymous "hold" procedure in the Senate to prevent action on a bill designed to support veterans. Usually, these "holds" are secret, but the veterans have outed Coburn : Thirteen major...
ABC News’ Teddy Davis reports on which Republicans are already working Granite State phones: If you want to know who is well organized when it comes to 2012, it’s sometimes useful to look at who stays in close touch with powerbrokers in the early nominating states.
Turns out Alan Grayson was completely right. I am totally shocked. The Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that an alternative health care bill put forward by House Republicans would have little impact in extending health benefits to the roughly 30 million uninsured Americans, but would reduce average insurance premium costs for people who have coverage. The Republican [...]
Yesterday's election showed many cracks developing in the alliance that put the Democrats into power just one year ago. Independent voters were the most obvious but there were others, while still voting democratic young and urban voters were not motivated to come out for Obama's candidates, especially in New Jersey the state where the POTUS invested the most time and political capital. The other group...
My state, Illinois, used to be a Republican-leaning swing state. From 1968 through 1988, the GOP candidate carried Illinois. Granted, there were some real Dem losers on the ticket in some of those races, but a win is a win. But the Republican domination of the suburbs, which for the most part offset the Democratic Machine of Chicago, started to fade away in the late 1980s. The same story can be repeated...
Survey USA (10/30-11/02, likely voters for primaries, registered voters for general, 8/15-17 in parens): Rand Paul (R) : 35 (26) Trey Grayson (R) : 32 (37) Other : 15 (20) Undecided : 18 (17) (MoE: 4.7%) Dan Mongiardo (D) : 39 (39) Jack Conway (D) : 28 (31) Other : 18 (17) Undecided : 16 (14) (MoE: 4.7%) Check out those GOP primary numbers. If Rand Paul knocks off Trey Grayson, that really would be...
Washington (CNN) - A Republican boycott of Senate committee debate on a major climate change bill continued for a second day Wednesday, frustrating majority Democrats who have threatened to move ahead despite the lack of a GOP presence. Only one of the seven Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee showed up Wednesday when [...]
The top Republicans in the House and Senate, House Minority Leader John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, took something of a victory lap today, jumping on the results from yesterday’s elections in Virginia and New Jersey to predict GOP gains in the 2010 congressional contests.
This afternoon, the Washington Post's Web site offers readers two looks at how the Democrats and the GOP will proceed following the 2009 elections, but, surprise, surprise, the paper only forsees internecine squabbles for the GOP. "Republicans revel in wins but ideological fissures loom," the headline to Washington Post staffer Philip Rucker and Perry Bacon's news piece filed at 2:30 p.m....
Sesame Street beefs on FOX? Oscar the Grouch lives in a trashcan because he is a dirty Maoist. [Gateway Pundit] Barack Obama > Moderate Democrats > Barney Frank’s Dining Room Table > Moderate Republicans > Michael Steele. [Matt Yglesias] The best part of last night was when voters told the Gays they couldn’t get married. Remember the [...] Michael Steele - Barack Obama - Republican...
Another scene from the post-NY-23 GOP civil war… On a conference call with reporters just now, conservative Senator Jim DeMint — who has endorsed a conservative candidate to run in a GOP Senate primary against businesswoman Carly Fiorina, the next target of the Palin/tea party brigade — explicitly suggested his endorsement was a shot “against” [...]
A source forwards the private talking points being circulated by the DNC on yesterday’s Dem losses, and they push back hard on all the punditry that Dem losses among independents are a grave problem, suggesting Dems know they need to kill that meme quick. Specifically: The talking points concede that independents have grown more conservative, [...]
Some political analysts have tried to cast the NY-23 special election results as a disaster for Sarah Palin, but not everyone has ignored the obvious power and momentum she brought to a previously-obscure candidate over the course of two weeks. The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza confirms that Rep. Mark Kirk ...
Did you know that the Republican Party has the Democrats' best interest at heart ? Even as the results were still trickling in, GOP Rep Eric Cantor was already warning that the results were an early rumble under the feet of marginal Dems, arging that voters had delivered “a shot across the bow to the moderates and Blue Dog Democrats as they decide votes on health care.” What kind of idiot...
http://www.thepoliticalfish.com/2009/07/27/read-the-bill-why/ Rep. John Conyers spouts off about why legislators shouldn't have to read the legislation that passes through the House. This is rich...
The request for a $14 billion bailout package for the car industry in the US has failed in the US Senate, as Republican legislators declined to move with regards to some main issues of the funding. The initial application was for $34 billion which the car manufacturers foresaw would enable them to stay fluid until March 2009.
Who Takes the Blame for the Current Economic Meltdown'?? In a word, “YOU”. In another word, “Americans”. No matter your race creed or religion; no matter your party affiliation; no matter your favorite football team or reality show… YOU are responsible for this. WE are responsible for this. I don’t want to scare anyone, but we are at the verge of an economic meltdown the likes of which we have not...
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