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Jeb Bush Jr. claims Rubio is ‘pro-science’ after ‘Earth was created in 7 days’ remark
Jeb Bush Jr., the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), on Tuesday defended Sen. Marco Rubio as “pro-science” after the Florida Republican said he was not sure if the Earth was created in seven actual days because “it’s one of the great mysteries.” “I’m not a scientist, man,”…
Rep. Allen West concedes to Patrick Murphy
Citing “inaccuracies’ in the vote, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) conceded to, and congratulated, Democrat Patrick Murphy on Tuesday morning. “While there are certainly still inaccuracies in the results, and the actions of the St. Lucie County and Palm Beach County Supervisors of Elections rightly raise questions in my mind and…
Rep. Allen West loses more ground to challenger after recount
Rep. Allen West’s (R-FL) reelection prospects grew dimmer Sunday, as a partial recount showed the freshman congressman, who was already projected to lose his race, falling further behind his opponent. Democrat Patrick Murphy gained 242 votes in St. Lucie County after a recount of early ballots there, boosting his lead to…
Jindal: Republicans need to stop ‘saying stupid things’
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) continued to critique his fellow Republicans on Sunday, saying in an appearance on Fox News that the GOP needed to stop acting so “stupid.” Jindal, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said the party needed to court a wider group of voters in order…
Lindsey Graham to Romney: GOP is in a ‘death spiral’ so ‘stop digging’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday pleaded with former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to “stop digging” by insulting Hispanic voters because the party was already in a “death spiral.” In a conference call with donors last week, Romney suggested that he lost his bid for the White House because…
Lieberman on McCain, Graham: ‘My two amigos’ wrong on Benghazi hearings
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) is known for backing Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on hawkish national security policies but on Sunday said that “my two amigos” were wrong to call for a Watergate-style investigation into September attacks that killed four Americans in Benghazi. During an interview on…
Republican modernizers desert Romney as GOP looks to the future
A succession of top Republicans have begun distancing themselves fromMitt Romney after the former presidential hopeful made a series of blunt comments about minority groups as he sought to explain why he lost the race for the White House. Romney, who less than two weeks ago was still a real contender to be…
Pawlenty: Voters picked Obama for ‘leadership,’ not ‘gifts’
Speaking to C-SPAN on Friday, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) contradicted failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s assessment of why he lost to President Barack Obama, saying that voters picked Obama for “leadership considerations,” not for the “gifts” he’d supposedly given them. “I think President Obama, first of all,…
Nate Silver: It’s the numbers, stupid
Nate Silver is a new kind of political superstar. One who actually knows what he’s talking about. In America, punditry has traditionally been about having the right kind of hair or teeth or foaming rightwing views. Silver has none of these. He just has numbers. Lots of them. And, on the…
Arpaio: ‘Illegal aliens’ escaping so all deputies will get ‘automatic weapons’
Newly re-elected Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday pledged to put an automatic weapon in the hands of every Maricopa Country deputy because “[m]ore and more illegal aliens are attempting to escape.” An official press release distributed by the Maricopa Country Sheriff’s Office on Thursday told the story of several groups…
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