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Obama vows to ‘redouble’ efforts toward bipartisanship
President Barack Obama warned Sunday that Americans did not vote for gridlock in mid-term polls as he called on Republicans to work with him, as he returned to a changed Washington from Asia. Obama set the stage for a key political week — including the start of a lame duck…
Did tea party movement cost GOP the Senate?
Tea party-backed candidates helped and hindered Republicans, injecting enthusiasm into campaigns but losing Senate seats held by Democrats in Delaware, Colorado and Nevada that the GOP once had big hopes of capturing. Republican leaders and strategists are muttering that the same tea party activists who elevated Speaker-to-be John Boehner and…
House GOP leader forsakes tea parties, takes earmark ban off the table
If you ask Republicans around the country, they’ll probably tell you that Tuesday’s election results were all about pushing back against excessive government spending. Problem is, they may have forgotten to elect anyone who’s actually planning on real budget cuts. Rep. John Boehner, presumptively the next Speaker of the House…
Chris Matthews: Don’t compare any human being to Glenn Beck
During post-election analysis Tuesday, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews made a little-noticed but sharp-tongued zing at Fox News competitor Glenn Beck. “He’s a weeper,” MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said, speaking of Speaker-in-Waiting John Boehner, who broke into tears after Republicans retook the House. “I mean there’s people in cable news that we…
Obama reaches out to Republicans after poll rout
A chastened President Barack Obama offered an olive branch to jubilant Republicans Wednesday after their crushing election victory halted his reform quest and cast doubt on his 2012 reelection hopes. Obama was set to make a first show of conciliation after a bitter congressional election campaign in a formal White…
House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner claims voter ‘mandate’ to repeal healthcare bill
Hours after becoming the Speaker-in-waiting of the House of Representatives, Ohio Republican John Boehner says he has a voter “mandate” to repeal Democrats’ healthcare bill, which he dubbed a “monstrosity.” “I think that it’s a mandate for Washington to reduce the size of government and continue our fight for smaller,…
Obama spokesman says Democrats could lose House
White House spokesman says Democrats could lose House to the GOP without strong campaigns President Barack Obama’s party could lose its House majority in this fall’s elections, his spokesman said Sunday, perhaps trying to jolt Democratic voters with the specter of GOP lawmakers rolling back White House policies. “I think…
They forgot
Update: See what I mean? They completely forgot. The Wingnutteria, led by John Boehner and Sarah Palin, has decided that they oppose trying 9/11 co-conspirator Khalid Shaik Mohammed, apparently on the grounds that anything that happens under Obama, including the birth of puppies and kittens from rainbows, is evil they…
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