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Eric Cantor: Stem Cell Research Just A Distraction From The Economy

The Hill | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's impending reversal of the restrictions on embryonic stem cell research is meant to distract from the economy, House Minority Whip Er...

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The Republican Party's Spokesperson Should Be...

Matt Littman | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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Matt Littman

Republicans, do not look for Obama-lite as your spokesperson. Look to Mitt Romney. He could not answer the call in 2008, but maybe he can do so now. He is your best bet.

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Newt Gingrich Openly Talking About 2012 Run

Richmond Times-Dispatch | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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Newt for president? ... "Callista and I will look seriously and we'll probably get our family totally engaged, including our two grandchildren, prob...

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Limbaugh: ABC Falsely Reported That GOP Leader Disagreed With Me

The Plum Line | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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Okay, the Limbaugh wars have just taken yet another weird new turn -- Rush is claiming that a high profile GOP leader who appeared to disagree with hi...

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Congressional Democrats Made a Big Mistake Including Earmarks in the Spending Bill

Mitchell Bard | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

Democrats in Congress could really use a lesson in the art of politics from President Obama. They have handed the Republicans a legitimate issue to complain about, and there isn't a single good reason for it.

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Obama On Cantor: "I'm Just A Glutton For Punishment"

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Add another job description to Barack Obama's title: facilitator in chief. The president presided over a White House fiscal summit...

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Why You Should Recommit to 21st Century (Gasp!) Bipartisan Politics

Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney

The stimulus debate, or lack thereof, proved beyond a doubt that forward-thinking individuals must join the netroots-driven political realignment happening across America to have meaningful impact.

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Eric Cantor's Copyright Smackdown

Jonathan Melber | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media

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Jonathan Melber

Eric Cantor is getting a lesson on what "fair use" isn't: his chest-beating, stimulus-opposing, victory-proclaiming video set to the tune of Aerosmith's "Back in the Saddle."

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House GOP Checks Out

Jim Jaffe | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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Jim Jaffe

While it makes a lot of sense for individual House Republicans to oppose Obama initiatives, claims that such self-interest somehow comprises a national comeback strategy is delusional.

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Eric Cantor's Cant About Churchill

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

Eric Cantor's fixation with Churchill is emblematic of the broader worship of American conservatives for the British prime minister.

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LEAKED: Rep. Eric Cantor's Apology For His Profanity-Laced Video

Lee Camp | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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Lee Camp

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DC Journalists Love GOP Obstructionists, But Americans Don't

Jane Hamsher | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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Jane Hamsher

There appears to be a pretty big gap between what DC journalists think Americans think, and what Americans actually think. Look at the DC media's "winners" and "losers" in the wake of the stimulus bill.

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Sam Stein

"The House GOP Is Back": Republicans Promote Stimulus Opposition With Aerosmith

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: Aerosmith has asked the House GOP to stop using their song, "Back in the Saddle," TPM reports. The GOP's use of the tune "was something we, ...

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GOP Finds Gingrich's Heir In Eric Cantor: New York Times

New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics

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The last time Congressional Republicans were this out of power, they turned to a college professor from Georgia, Newt Gingrich, to lead the opposition...

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GOP Rep. Cantor Attacked For Profanity-Laced Web Video

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: Rep. Eric Cantor's spokesperson has apologized: "I would like to apologize for a joke that was in no way an official response from Congressm...

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Republicans Take Huge Political Risk Opposing Obama Jobs Bill

Robert Creamer | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

By obstinately opposing Obama's plan to create or save 4 million jobs, the Republican leadership could be leading its followers from their current political wilderness into "never-never" land.

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GOP-Cited Economists Skeptical Of GOP Stimulus Plan

Washington Independent | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

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Republicans began this week on an upswing, confident that their unanimous vote in the House and lopsided vote in the Senate against the Democrats' ...

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Those Republicans Know How to Throw a Party

Rick Horowitz | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

Is it curious that the Republicans suddenly remembered that they're against government spending at the same moment that a guy with a "D" after his name moved into the White House?

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Obama and the GOP: No Sudden Moves

Rick Horowitz | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

You've seen those shows on Animal Planet about retraining snarling mongrels to stop pooping on the carpet? Well, welcome to Congressional Planet. And say hello to the new trainer: Barack Obama.

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Capital Strike?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

The day will come when Obama will have no choice but to remind the giant corporations through tough government action that the U.S. is not just another one of their wholly owned subsidiaries.

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Liberal Groups Profit From GOP's Resistance To Stimulus

The Plum Line | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

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Whatever you think of the politics of it, the House GOP's decision to oppose President Obama's stimulus package en masse has been awfully good for the...

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Cantor: People in Glass Houses...

Ira Forman | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

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Ira Forman

At the House GOP retreat this weekend Minority Whip Eric Cantor made the following crack about Health and Human Services designee, Tom Daschle. "It's...

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Dems: GOP's Stimulus Would Actually Raise Taxes For Many

The Plum Line | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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GOP leaders -- led by John Boehner and Eric Cantor -- have spent days bashing the economic stimulus package being touted by President Obama and Democr...

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House GOPers "Delighted," "Elated," "Celebrating" Over Their Opposition To Stimulus

AmericaBlog | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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This says so much about the culture in Washington. You'd like to think that members of Congress are looking out for the nation's good and the well bei...

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Just When You Think You Can't Be Shocked By GOP Hypocrisy

Mark Nickolas | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

The same political Neanderthals that helped execute their disastrous strategy of the last two election cycles are still firmly in control of House Republicans.

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