Newly-elected Congressman Bill Owens has joined President Obama and Speaker Pelosi in voting for the House healthcare bill with the "public option" provision. This is the ultimate stab-in-the-back to constituents in the district, since Owens campaigned in opposition to the bill. From MichaelPatrickLeahy (via Memorandum ): From the start of his campaign on August 10...
Everyone and his brother (a particularly strange piece of slang I picked up from my childhood) has been offering spin to explain why on an election night so good for Republicans and conservatives, insurgent Conservative Doug Hoffman came up short against Democrat Bill Owens. I think that’s looking at it the wrong way: given the facts and observations provided by MichaelPatrickLeahy...
Via MichaelPatrickLeahy at his blog. The defining moment for me giving up on Newt Gingrich actually came a couple months back on Twitter, see below. Mr. Speaker you are doing a real disservice to the Republican Party and...
... McCain phoned me from Watertown a couple of nights ago and,pointed me to this TCOT Report story by MichaelPatrickLeahy about Dede's selection process: Scozzafava was nominated on July 22 at a meeting of the eleven county chairmen. Prior to this meeting, a series of four regional meetings were held throughout the district, at which time nine candidates were given a chance...
... Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. In an on the record exchange with 2008 Romney Delegate MichaelPatrickLeahy R-TN, now of TCOTReport , he tried to call Dede repeatedly on Saturday and Sunday and left her two messages which were never returned. Point being, what Dede really means is, the guys writing me big checks disappeared and like a fraudulent welfare queen she's...
MichaelPatrickLeahy wants to know who lied to Newt Gingrich, or is Newt now lying himselfto protect members of the old boy GOP network. Unfortunately, it seems to be a fair question to ask. If there is a game...
Riehl World View: MichaelPatrickLeahy wants to know who lied to Newt Gingrich, or is Newt now lying himself to protect members of the old boy GOP network. Unfortunately, it seems to be a fair question to ask. If there is a game afoot, it wouldn't be the first time Newt Gingrich went to bat for Tom Reynolds, now a figure in the Scozzafava nomination. Read the whole thing. More...
The saga of the NY-23 election race continues. Seems that there has been some interesting stuff uncovered by some very enterprising reporters. MichaelPatrickLeahy over at the TCOT Report writes about some interesting information about how this Liberal-lite candidate was chosen. Dan Riehl also has some interesting information as well. Dan is also making some [...]
... intend to take the party back from the elitists who have stolen it from the Reagan conservatives," MichaelPatrickLeahy, a Tennessee limited-government activist who fills his TCOT Report blog with bulletins slamming Scozzafava and the GOP establishment, said even before yesterday's stunning development.The special election was triggered when Obama picked Rep. John McHugh,...
... to become more involved - as I would still do. Also, to be clear, they were well aware of MichaelPatrickLeahy's account at TCOTReport. They did not dispute it, but insisted it only contained half the story as the rest likely wasn't known by Leahy or his Conservative Party contacts. Unfortunately, the fingers that matter appear to point back to Washington and the NRCC....
Posted By Redmond Newt Gingrich's chances at a presidential run in 2012 are being eaten alive by his beloved teabaggers after he endorsed Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava in New York over Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, a favorite of the fringe and that crazy woman from Alaska: MichaelPatrickLeahy, a Tea Party activist who has transformed his TCOT Report website...
... to become more involved – as I would still do. Also, to be clear, they were well aware of MichaelPatrickLeahy’s account at TCOT Report. They did not dispute it, but insisted it only contained half the story as the rest likely wasn’t known by Leahy or his Conservative Party contacts.Unfortunately, the fingers that matter appear to point back to Washington and the NRCC....
... to become more involved - as I would still do. Also, to be clear, they were well aware of MichaelPatrickLeahy's account at TCOTReport . They did not dispute it, but insisted it only contained half the story as the rest likely wasn't known by Leahy or his Conservative Party contacts. Unfortunately, the fingers that matter appear to point back to Washington and the NRCC....
... to “throw your support behind conservatism, ladies and gents; the clock starts now.” MichaelPatrickLeahy, a Nashville, Tenn.-area tea party activist, has turned his Drudge Report-like TCOT Report into a constantly updated bulletin board of news and rumors slamming Scozzafava. “Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, Washington Times, National Review, RedState...
... to “throw your support behind conservatism, ladies and gents; the clock starts now.” MichaelPatrickLeahy, a Nashville, Tenn.-area tea party activist, has turned his Drudge Report-like TCOT Report into a constantly updated bulletin board of news and rumors slamming Scozzafava. “Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com , Washington Times, National Review, RedState...