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GOP lawmaker: Republican agenda should be kept hidden
In laying out his case for why the GOP should have a minimal platform for the November elections, a New York Republican has given ammunition to critics who say the party knows its policies wouldn’t be popular if they were put under the microscope. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) told a…
Longtime gay rights nemesis quits post due to illness
Ailing from months of hospitalization that stemmed from a mosquito bite, the American Family Association’s Donald W. Wildmon, a formidable foe of gay rights activists, stepped down Wednesday after serving as chairman for more than 30 years. “The resignation comes following several months of hospitalization,” reads an AFA press release.…
Another Dem backs down: ‘Scale back’ our agenda
WASHINGTON — Succumbing to the insecurities weighing on Democrats after losing Ted Kennedy’s seat in Massachusetts, another key Democratic senator says it’s time to take a step back and embark on a less ambitious agenda. “I think the President Is going to have to scale back his agenda after we…
Stewart: Kennedy legacy losing to ‘naked guy that owns a truck’
Democrats are concerned that they could lose the Senate race in Massachusetts to Republican Scott Brown because it might derail President Barack Obama’s domestic agenda. The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart wants to know why Democrats wouldn’t be able to pass legislation with an 18-vote majority in the Senate — which…
Obama stumps for Coakley in nail-biting Mass. special election
Watch (below): President’s speech interrupted by heckler BOSTON, Massachusetts — President Barack Obama stumped Sunday for the Democratic candidate in Massachusetts’ knife-edge Senate election, saying that his legislative agenda depended on her winning. The seat, which was occupied by Edward Kennedy for almost five decades before his death in August,…
Ron Paul suggests ‘agenda’ to expand terror war, attack American liberty
How does a massive, costly security apparatus fail to stop a known terrorism threat from boarding an airplane and wrecking devastation? It happened on Sept. 11, 2001, and again on Dec. 25, 2009. “There must be an agenda,” suggested Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) in a recent video message to supporters.…
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