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Despite GOP Outreach, Obama Drops In Poll On Bipartisanship

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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As the president has continued to insist that he wants bipartisan input on health care reform, public polling finds that more Americans today think he...

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Obama Quietly Reaching Out To GOP On Health Care

Politico | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama's first date with House Republicans didn't end so well: He made a high-profile trip to the Capitol to ask for their help with h...

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RNC Pulled Video Of Mock-Obama Criticizing Troops, Thanking Ayers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: The RNC confirms that the mock Obama video it put up on its site -- in which a voice impersonation of the president pledges to hand the census...

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Obama: GOP Just "Against Whatever The Other Side Is For"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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President Obama has gotten more aggressive in his criticism of Republicans in advance of the upcoming budget fight. In an interview with the Louisvill...

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Obama's Charm Offensive: Crist And Barbour Push Back On GOP Lines

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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Perhaps President Obama's charm offensive with Republicans is beginning to work. Standing outside the White House on Monday, after a meeting with the...

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Gregg: Obama Never Could Get GOP Support On Stimulus (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

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Appearing on CNBC the day after he abruptly withdrew his nomination for Commerce Secretary, Sen. Judd Gregg made a rather blunt admission about the pa...

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The Obama Wing Of The GOP: Caught Between The President And The Hardliners

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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When House Republicans voted unanimously against President Obama's stimulus package, Democrats had their eyes on a select group: Obama's Republicans. ...

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House GOP: Stimulus Plan Has Too Much Spending

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus b...

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Obama And Congress Learn To Dance

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

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As he prepares to take the oath of office, Barack Obama's biggest political roadblock may end up being institutional hurdles rather than a united Repu...

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Obama's Republicans Almost All Tied To Scowcroft

wsj.com | YOCHI J. DREAZEN and SIOBHAN GORMAN | Posted 12.24.2008 | Home

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Many of the Republicans emerging as potential members of the Obama administration have professional and ideological ties to Brent Scowcroft, a former ...

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Friday Talking Points [54] -- Republican Fossilization

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Welcome back to Friday Talking Points. Of course, the big question on everyone's mind right now is: What is going on up in Minnesota? Al Franken is t...

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Former GOP Congressman Endorses Obama

Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago

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Former U.S. Rep. Harris Fawell, a stalwart of DuPage County Republican politics, is endorsing Barack Obama for president. Fawell, whose support for O...

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Diarist: My Mother Voted For Obama From Deathbed

Daily Kos | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

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We're in a death watch here. My mom was diagnosed with Stage IIIb lung cancer back in May of 2006, and it's finally come to the crisis hour. ... My ...

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Conservatives Voting for Obama: In Their Own Words

Eric Hirshberg | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

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Almost all my conservative friends and family have told me that, for the first time ever, they are voting for the same candidate I am: Barack Obama. These are their confessions.

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Nebraska Republican Hangs On To Obama's Coattails

ABC News | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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This ran in the free weekly paper in Omaha, "The Reader" The ad reads: "Obama-Terry Voter, anyone?" I'll admit it: I'm voting for Obama and Lee Terr...

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New Jersey Senator Menendez Rallies Miami Republicans for Obama; Florida Pols Avoid Bush

John Hood | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home

"Traditionally Republican Latinos in Florida are moving in Barack's direction," said Menendez. "Earlier today we were at a senior citizen's center, hard core conservatives, yet overwhelmingly there was support for Obama."

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South Florida Obama HQ Draws Republicans, Jews, Hillaryites

Carol Anne Burger | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home

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Proud Republican for Obama Celebrates South Florida Headquarters Opening On his extended-cab truck's bumper is a sticker you don't often see in these...

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The Gossip Of Change In Rural Ohio

Teresa McCoy | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

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This is George Bush territory. Republicanism here is rooted as deep as this town is old. But lately the gossip has turned from "Who did what?" to "Did you hear that so and so is voting for Barack?"

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Fed Up DNC Convention Speaker Barney Smith (Not Smith Barney): "Obama's Genuine"

Denise Dennis | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

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"My father had that job before me. I took over for him. So when I had to pack everything up and send it overseas, I was packing up equipment my father had used. We were packing up a community's way of life."

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GOPers For Obama Rip McCain On Georgia, Tout Hagel As VP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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A group of prominent Republicans supporting Barack Obama took to a conference call Tuesday morning to tout their preferred candidate, make the case fo...

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Eisenhower's Granddaughter For Obama: Sign Of A GOP Shift?

Washington Independent | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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"You'll have to forgive me for being an Eisenhower Republican," joked Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of the former five-star general and two-term Rep...

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Ann Veneman, Obama VP? Progressives Slam Idea

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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The Politico reports that Barack Obama's campaign is floating Republican Ann Veneman as a potential VP: Barack Obama's vice presidential search team ...

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Obamacon Blitz In The Works

The Hill | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama's campaign is talking with Republicans who have endorsed his presidential bid, seeking to coordinate a publicity blitz together. The cam...

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McCain Delegate Is Vocal Obama Admirer

Politico | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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If you've read enough profiles of Barack Obama, chances are you're familiar with the name Kirk Dillard. An accomplished and articulate legislator who ...

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Polls: Obama Making Inroads In 10 Bush States

CQ Politics | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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According to recent polls, Sen. Barack Obama is doing extremely well in states that have voted Republican in recent presidential elections....

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