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Few Republican senators dare to defend Rand Paul
Days after winning a GOP senate primary, Rand Paul did his best Friday to clean up damage done by his wavering support for the Civil Rights Act. The Kentucky candidate told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that “Democrat talking points” had “trashed” him and blamed MSNBC for accusing of him of wanting…
Paul wins, Specter loses, Dems keep Murtha’s seat in flurry of anti-incumbent sentiment
Insurgent US Republican voters in Kentucky routed their party’s establishment candidate and selected iconoclastic political outsider Rand Paul on Tuesday night, a clear show of anger at Washington ahead of November elections to decide control of the US Congress. Similarly, Democrats in Pennsylvania appeared to have ended the political career…
Tea party victory: Rand Paul wins Kentucky GOP Senate primary
Rand Paul defeated Republican establishment favorite Trey Grayson in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, a closely watched race that was a test of the tea party movement’s strength. Paul, the son of former presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, on Tuesday gave a tea party activist a key win…
Left-leaning upstarts hope to unseat veteran senators
WASHINGTON  US voters cast ballots Tuesday in a handful of key races that may foretell how anger at Washington will shape November elections that will decide the future of President Barack Obama’s agenda. Three primaries are expected to test the limits of Obama’s influence over the Democratic party’s rank-and-file,…
Angry voters look to punish more incumbents
Senator Arlen Specter seized headlines in April 2009 by quitting the Republican party to become a Democrat. This week he may grab them again by losing the very reelection bid he had hoped to save. Specter could become another high-profile casualty of angry voters eager to punish incumbents in a…
Laura Bush calls Kagan nomination ‘great’
Laura Bush sounded like a woman first and a Republican second on Sunday when she voiced support for President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. “I think it’s great,” she told Fox News’ Chris Wallace. “I’m really glad that there will be three [women on the court] if she is…
Let’s Just Assume For Sake Of Argument…And Lifelong Solitary Confinement
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asks what happens if Ahmed Ghaliani is found not guilty and…wait, let me clear this up a bit. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asks what happens if evil terrorist and guilty-as-sin because he’s obviously a terrorist (and, oh, evil) Ahmed Ghaliani is found not guilty…
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