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Obama spars with GOP in no-holds-barred debate
UPDATE AT BOTTOM: Fox News cut live feed of Obama debate half-way through; GOP aides say allowing cameras was a ‘mistake’ A combative President Obama sparred back and forth with Republicans at a House GOP retreat in Baltimore Friday, telling House members they had backed themselves into a corner by…
Oops: GOP governor pays felons to get out the vote
Republicans, who have long fought restoring felons as citizens who can vote, are now embroiled in a felon scandal of their own. On Sunday, the Dallas Morning News revealed that GOP Gov. Rick Perry had signed up ex-felons as part of a Republican get-out-the-vote effort in Texas. Perry’s campaign was…
GOP candidate bashes Obama as ‘outsider’ but welcomes Giuliani’s help
As the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat formerly held by the late Teddy Kennedy unexpectedly tightens up, the national Democratic Party has begun frantically attempting to revive Martha Coakley’s lackluster campaign, providing large infusions of cash, a dose of negative advertising, and even an appearance by former President Bill…
GOP will ‘absolutely’ take over Congress in 2010
After telling Sean Hannity that the GOP wasn’t ready to take back Congress in 2010, RNC Chairman Michael Steele changed his tune Sunday. “We absolutely can take the Congress back this year,” Steele told NBC’s David Gregory. According to National Journal, members of Congress and top aides were livid with…
Palin’s snub of conservative conference raises many questions
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s rejection of an invitation to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February is arousing widespread criticism and speculation, especially in light of her headliner role at the National Tea Party Convention scheduled for just two weeks earlier. CPAC has been the primary…
Gingrich openly says let’s ‘profile’ and ‘actively discriminate’
WASHINGTON — Another prominent Republican has joined the chorus of conservatives championing open discrimination against Muslims after the failed Christmas terror plot. In an op-ed published Wednesday for the conservative magazine Human Events, former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich forcefully slammed the Obama administration’s counter-terrorism policies as insufficient and said…
GOP Rep. Sessions to Ponzi-schemer Stanford: ‘I love you’
Texas Congressman Peter Sessions has some ‘splaining to do. Amid the investigation into Ponzi-schemer Allen Stanford, authorities picked up on the trail of his political donations. In particular, an e-mail from Sessions piqued their interest, according to The Miami Herald. “I love you and believe in you. If you want…
House Rep. stole voter data before defecting to GOP, Dems say
A US House representative from Alabama took voter registration information from Democratic Party offices before defecting to the GOP, the Alabama branch of the Democratic Party says. Rep. Parker Griffith announced his switch to the Republican Party on Tuesday, telling the press he can “no longer align [him]self with a…
Maddow: GOP wants to ‘kill health reform through God’s intervention’
Prominent congressional Republicans have turned to Christian activist Lou Engle to help them bring God to their side in their battle to defeat health care reform. In an online “prayercast” Wednesday night, Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann joined a…
Newsweek editor: Cheney presidential run would be ‘good for the country’
In an editorial published Saturday that will run in the magazine’s Dec. 7 edition, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham argues that former Vice President Dick Cheney would be a good candidate for the presidency in 2012 — and that a run would be “good for the country.” “I think we should…
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