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
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Resident rabblerouser Javier Manjarres said the Broward Republican Party's request that people RSVP to see Gov. Charlie Crist speak at its meeting on Monday is an effort to intimidate supporters (like himself) of former House Speaker Marco Rubio. "It's a...
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Even Newt Gingrich is recognizing the danger of purging the Republican party of all but the most hardcore right-wing candidates running for office. In an interview with Politico , he says: "If we get into a cycle where there are tea parties and there are conservative third-party candidates, we will make [Nancy] Pelosi speaker for life," Gingrich told POLITICO in an interview Thursday, calling...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
July 30, 1965, LBJ signs Medicare bill, Truman looks on, Republicans start plotting how to kill the program Yesterday the House voted 243-183 , only one Republican, Michael Burgess (R-TX) joining the Democrats, to pass John Dingell's Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 (H.R. 3961). The bill will "revise the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment system for determining the annual...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | yesterday
On Tuesday, Senate Democrats beat back Jeff Sessions’ filibuster of Obama’s first judicial nominee – Judge David Hamilton – by a reassuring margin of 70-29 . Sessions lost ten of his fellow Republicans, including conservatives like Hatch, Cornyn, and Thune, and Hamilton will be confirmed Thursday afternoon to the Seventh Circuit. That’s the good news. The bad news is...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chris Matthews, on Thursday's Hardball, took GOP Congresswoman Virginia Foxx to task for claiming that Republicans "passed civil rights bills in the sixties" as he accused her of having a bad memory, going as far as to compare her to one of the androids from the science fiction classic Blade Runner : Up next wait ‘til you hear the latest from Congresswoman, whoa! Wait ‘til you...
Election Law (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is depressing, but not all that surprising. From a 2005 article of mine: In 1996, about 9.6% of the public (7.5% of Democrats and 12% of Republicans) thought the manner of conducting the most recent presidential election was "somewhat...
First Read (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Covering the RGA meeting, Salon’s Mike Madden wonders if the GOP talk about a comeback is just, well, talk. “So what if the only thing voters like less than the Democrats in Congress might be the Republicans in Congress? Who cares if the GOP has been reduced to a rump minority in the House and Senate, left on the sidelines with not much more to do than root for Democrats to fight among...
Politico (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Republicans express optimism that their party is poised to make significant gains in 2010.
The Brad Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
NY-23's failed Conservative Party Congressional candidate, Doug Hoffman now says he was "forced to concede" (though it's not clear who forced him, and the concession, as BRAD BLOG readers know, has no legal standing in any case, and, as we noted last week, neither do the voters of New York for the most part, at [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
A policy platform being crafted by top Republicans to pre-empt additional candidates from challenging GOP gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis also would provide the campaign messages for dozens of downticket GOP candidates.
Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday
One adviser noted that no one is saying Giuliani has made a decision, but that it "certainly sounds" like he is less interested in running for governor.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
She has a strong point -- GOP primaries are the best way to test leaders and ideas.
The World According to Oatney (Free subscription) | yesterday
Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons may not win the Republican nomination for Tennessee Governor, but he is keeping the campaign for the GOP nod competitive, instead of allowing one candidate to run away with it : Despite Zach Wamp wishing that Ron Ramsey would find some reason to drop out (he admitted as much to Rob Huddleston and myself at the Statesman's Dinner this year when he told us...
Show Me Progress - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
(soon-to-be infamous image is from Fired Up! Missouri, and the billboard is located near Grain Valley Lafayette County, Missouri) Don't waste your time waiting for Roy Blunt, Chris Roepe (MOGOP Political Director and LafCo native) or Bill Stouffer to condemn this lunacy. It won't happen. This is their base. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yeah… so stuff is kind of dead around the LBC… “OH COME ON G$! THERE ALL SORTS OF STUFF! CHET’S SHIRTLESS! WE HAVE RACES! PALIN’S TOURING!” Yeah… I hear ya… anyways… I mean… kinda slow out there… I mean… it’s no real big surprise… stuff [...]
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politicalfish | 07/27/2009
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...
trymi | 12/13/2008
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.
con1 | 12/03/2008
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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