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Eric Cantor

Cantor: GOP Will Be 'Attentive' During Obama Speech

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Christina Bellantoni

Cantor and I talked about how Republicans would behave, and I asked if it would be like a State of the Union when they sit on their hands or hiss for parts they don't agree with.

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Enough is Enough

James Zogby | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Steny Hoyer, Middle East, Mike Huckabee East Jerusalem, Israeli Politics, US Foreign Policy, Israel, Eric Cantor, State Department, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Politics News
James Zogby

The first obligation of any government is to defend the rights of its citizens. Israel appears to have defined its own categories of US citizenship. Arab Americans are not fully recognized.

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Our Shadowy Government: Czars, Health Reform, And Bush's Resurgence

Harry Moroz | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Health Czar, White House, Nancy-Ann Deparle, Executive Power, Office of Urban Affairs, Drug Czar, Urban Affairs, Health Care, Adolfo Carrion, Politico, Michelle Malkin, Eric Cantor, Czars, Urban Affairs Czar, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Criticism of Obama and the czar "system" is overblown. In fact, a czar's power comes not from dictatorial authority, but from humble restraint.

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GOP Must Repudiate Limbaugh or Be Defined by Him

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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Menachem Rosensaft

By tolerating and encouraging Limbaugh, the Republican leadership is fomenting racial and ethnic hatred that could have disastrous consequences for our country.

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Cantor -- Poor Judgment Abroad

Ira Forman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Jewish Democratic Council, Steny Hoyer, Israel, Foreign Affairs, Eric Cantor, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Ira Forman

There is nothing inherently inappropriate for a member of the opposition party to debate a president's foreign policy. However, there is a tradition in this country of not doing so while overseas.

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GOP Rebranding Effort Flames Out

Politico | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop Leaders, Gop, Gop Rebranding, Eric Cantor, Republican Party, Politics News

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) generated the kind of buzz other politicians covet when he launched his bid to help rebrand the Republican Party last spring....

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Sam Stein

Cantor Called Upon To Repudiate Rush By Jewish Dem Group

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

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In the wake of comments from Rush Limbaugh equating Barack Obama to Hitler, a leading Jewish Democratic organization is calling on the House of Repres...

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Limbaugh: "Adolf Hitler, Like Barack Obama, Ruled By Dictate" (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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Rush Limbaugh continues to put the Republican Party's leaders in very awkward situations with his controversial, often explosive, remarks. Only a week...

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GOP Delegation In Israel Contradicts U.S. Policy

AP | JEN THOMAS | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, West Bank, Gop, Israeli Settlements, Israel-Palestine, Israel Us, Obama Administration, Eric Cantor, Obama, Settlements, Israel, Republicans, Politics News

JERUSALEM — The Obama administration's policy on Israel is misguided, puts too much emphasis on the issue of settlements and ignores the bigger ...

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Ryan Grim

Lewin Group's Parent Company Donated Big To GOP Leaders

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lewin Group, Eric Cantor, The Lewin Group, Boehner Cantors, John Boehner, Transparency, Politics News

House Republican Leaders John Boehner (Ohio) and Eric Cantor (Va.) have taken roughly $60,000 from the health insurance company that owns the research...

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Comical Posturing on Israel

David A. Harris | Posted 09.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Jordan, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Haaretz, Jewish, Sarah Palin, Us Israel Policy, National Jewish Democratic Council, Israel, American Jews, Barack Obama, Eric Cantor, Virginia Foxx, Dick Cheney, Politics News
David A. Harris

Keep talking, Mr. Cantor. You're just helping to keep Jews pulling the lever for Democrats.

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Cantor Blames Liberal Media For Obama Birth Certificate Conspiracy

The Plum Line | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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GOP Rep. Eric Cantor says he's no birther -- he has no questions about Obama's citizenship, his spokesman tells me. But Cantor is placing the blame fo...

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Rep. Cantor: An Exclusivist Caucus of One

David A. Harris | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christians United for Israel, National Jewish Democratic Council, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Jewish, Eric Cantor, Judeo-Christian, Politics News
David A. Harris

In the historically Democratic demographic of the Jewish community, there is now only one Republican congressman -- Eric Cantor (R-VA). And he is doing his part to think narrowly and exclusively.

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House GOP Leader: Don't Expect A Plan Before Recess

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Axelrod, Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Eric Cantor, House GOP, Health Care, August Recess, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Slow down, Senate Democrats told President Barack Obama on Thursday, dashing hopes of rushing his sweeping health care overhaul to ...

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Cantor: We Need A "Judeo-Christian" Foreign Policy In The Middle East

Huffington Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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This afternoon, at the annual Christians United For Israel conference, House minority whip and rumored presidential hopeful Eric Cantor discussed his ...

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Cantor: "Waterloo" Not Right Way To Look At Health Care

Politico | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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Asked about Jim DeMint's remark that health care could be Obama's "Waterloo," Cantor said: "I don't think that's a good way to look at it. We are cer...

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Eric Cantor Spent Thousands On Speech Coaching

The Washington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

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Biden Flies Into Cantor's District Today

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

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Vice President Biden will travel to the Richmond, VA area where he'll hold an event at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College highlighting Recovery Ac...

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Random Thoughts for a Monday Morning

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Jackson, Stimulus Plan, Goldman Sachs, Pat Buchanan, Saddam Hussein, Cia, Bailout, General Motors, Nancy Pelosi, Twitter, George W Bush, Chuck Schumer, Sarah Palin, Eric Cantor, Sonya Sotomayor, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

For sure, let's not focus on the eight years it took Bush to destroy the economy when we can blame Obama for not fixing this colossal mess in his first 5 months.

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Second Stimulus: GOP Unifies Against More Spending

AP | Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans lined up Sunday in opposition to a second economic stimulus package, a rare demonstration of unity from an out-of-power...

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Is The Third Time The Charm?

Harry Moroz | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economists, Mohamed El-Erian, Unemployment, Speaker Pelosi, Stimulus, Pimco, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, Economy, Politics News
Harry Moroz

The dismal unemployment report released last week inspired renewed interest in a second economic stimulus, and economists, from Krugman to Feldstein, have led the charge for another injection.

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Sam Stein

Palin Still Part Of The National GOP Rebranding Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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Gov. Sarah Palin is not fully disengaging from political life. The Alaska Republican sparked a certifiable tsunami of speculation about her political...

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Sam Stein

Cantor: Obama's Economic Record Leaving America's Military Vulnerable

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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Vice President Joe Biden's claim that the administration underestimated the extent of the economic crisis it inherited has, as expected, opened the Wh...

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Republicans Complain: Obama Never Woos Us Anymore

Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

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GOP leaders have a new complaint about President Obama: He's not reaching out to them nearly as much as he did earlier this year, when he road-tested ...

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GOP Uses Iran Resolution to Slam Obama, Undermine Iranian People

Adam Blickstein | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Gop, Obama, Mike Pence, Eric Cantor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Election, Iran Protests, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Elections, Ahmadinejad, Politics News
Adam Blickstein

While they display the veneer of being on the side of the Iranian people, in the end Cantor, Pence and Rohrabacher confirmed themselves as the leading speechwriters for Iran's oppressive regime.

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