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Your Learn-Nothing Republican Party: Disabled people can’t have rights because ABORTION

Today on the floor of the Senate, a group of conservative (and soon-to-be up-for-reelection) Senators joined forced and ignored disabled veteran, former GOP presidential nominee and former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS), his wife, former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), advocates for disabled veterans and, you know, the other millions of disabled…

Bob Dole hospitalized, but aide says he is due out soon

WASHINGTON — Former Republican presidential candidate and ex-Senate leader Bob Dole has been hospitalized for something that goes beyond a mere checkup, the current Senate leader Harry Reid said Tuesday. Dole, 89, is at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital outside Washington but “not for a checkup. He is there because…

Maddow: GOP elite going all out to stop Newt

Recent days have seen an unprecedented push by some of the most powerful lawmakers and opinion-shapers in the Republican party to arrest Newt Gingrich’s rise to the top of the Republican ticket this fall. Friday night on The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel recounted and provided historical context for some of…

Bob Dole endorses Romney

WASHINGTON — US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday scored an important endorsement from a fellow Republican heavyweight, former senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole. “I’ve known Mitt and his family for decades. His parents instilled in him a strong work ethic, rock-solid conservative values, and a deep sense…