Senate Republicans block heating aid bill
WASHINGTON — Republicans on Saturday blocked the Senate from considering a bill next week that would nearly double federal aid to help the poor ...
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Schwarzenegger and McCain Lead America's Yacht Party
Rick Jacobs | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
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Gov. Schwarzenegger, an ardent backer of McCain's presidential bid, showed us his real vision of a "post-partisan" future, only it looks very much like the Bush/Rove past.
Take Me Out to the Vice Presidential Nomination
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics
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A McCain-Giuliani ticket could restore the Republican brand name, particularly among independents in the north, who, while not yet sold Obama, are certainly unlikely to vote Republican for Congress.
Nevada GOP Cancels Convention, Opts For Conference Call Instead
WSJ | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics
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Citing a lack of interest, the Nevada Republican Party has called off its state convention and will instead pick its delegates to the national convent...
GOP Senate Candidates Losing Ground Quickly
National Journal | Charlie Cook | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
One of the less pleasant aspects of writing a political column when one party is having a particularly grim year is that the story gets so repetitive....
Three Mistakes the Democrats Shouldn't Make Again
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
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First, the Obama campaign should not make the mistake of assuming that most voters know as much about the candidates as the insiders do.
Identity Crisis
Lincoln Chafee | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
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Jesse Helms' legacy is one of strong opposition to women's reproductive freedom, gay rights, foreign aid for diplomacy, and public funding for the arts -- priorities that run strong in today's GOP.
Top GOP Senator: "If You Have An R In Front Of Your Name, You Better Run Scared"
Los Angeles Times | Janet Hook | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics
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Mississippi, one of the nation's most conservative states, has not elected a Democratic senator in a quarter-century. It has voted for Republican pres...
Top GOP VP Choices: Failed Business Leaders, Former Dems, Confirmed Bachelors and Creationists
Paul Jenkins | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics
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If you thought the Republican primary field was a bit of a joke, wait until you get a closer look at the front runners for the vice presidential slot.
McCain's Campaign Game Plan Worries GOP Insiders
Politico | David Paul Kuhn | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home
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our months have passed since John McCain effectively captured the party nomination and the insiders are getting restless. Top GOP officials, frustrate...
This is Obama's Time...
Hal Donahue | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics
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Now, we as a people realize that the extreme conservatism dominating the Republican Party produces only division and incompetence. We are demanding a reversal of course.
FearWatch '08: Keeping an Eye Out for GOP Fear-Mongering
Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
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Things are always less scary when the lights are on, so throughout the campaign HuffPost will be conducting a FearWatch, keeping our eyes peeled for attempts to scare the public into voting their fears. And we need your help... Read More McCain's Campaign Funding Hypocrisy: Why Are the Media Looking the Other Way? Amidst all the attacks on Obama's public funding "flip-flop," how much have you read in the old media about the fact that McCain has completely reversed himself on public financing -- and is currently breaking campaign finance law on a daily basis? Read More Watch Arianna on: BBC News' Hardtalk, CNN's Election Center, and Anderson Cooper 360
Can the Republican Party Begin to Look Forward?
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
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The substance of any proposed economic reforms is less important, frankly, than McCain demonstrating that he can, in fact, understand the economy and discuss it in some depth.
Vlad Rudy Has Returned from the Fear Mongering Netherworld
Bob Cesca | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
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With a blinding white light, a loud bang and a puff of wig powder, Vlad Rudy Giuliani has emerged from the netherworld of GOP politics shamelessly trying to frighten Americans into voting for a Republican presidential candidate again.
The Disintegration of John McCain
Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
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Even still-enamored journalists cannot fail to notice that it would be difficult to find a candidate less suited for the times or the office than McCain right now.
Flashback: McCain Almost Switched Parties in 2001
ABC News | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
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In a little-noticed interview in October 2006, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-SD, talked a great deal about his recollections of negotia...
The End of the Conservative Era
Allan Lichtman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
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Conservatives cannot reconcile their historic opposition to social engineering with their backing for one of the most ambitious social engineering ventures in US history: the reconstruction of Iraq.
Faux News: "Most Republicans Crazy Like a Man Stuck in a Toilet"
A. Siegel | Posted 06.10.2008 | Green
The "We" ads don't reflect the myopic, reality-denial core of the Republican Party, who are fighting against even discussion of meaningful action to turn the nation toward a saner energy future.
The Loss of Democracy: The Deeper Meaning of McClellan's Revelations of Imperial Deceit & Media Submissiveness
Dan Kovalik | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics
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The result of the White House spin, and the complicity of the press corp. in it, has been the deaths of more than 4,000 U.S. servicemen and women and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians.
GOP Fears McCain Is Lagging
New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics
Senator John McCain's presidential campaign is in a troubled stretch, hindered by resignations of staff members, a lagging effort to build a national ...
House Republicans Changing Strategy After String Of Defeats
Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics
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House Republicans are changing their campaign strategy after being stunned by defeats in three GOP strongholds in Mississippi, Louisiana and Illinois,...
Post-Implosion Politics
Christopher Ingram | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
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McCain may not be perfect, but a maverick is exactly what the GOP needs now.
GOP Southerners Fear Obama Wave
New York Times | ADAM NOSSITER and JANNY SCOTT | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
The sharp surge in black turnout that Senator Barack Obama has helped to generate in recent primaries and Congressional races could signal a threat th...
GOP Adviser: This is '94 In Reverse, We're Pathetic
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
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A palpable sense of doom has set in among Republican rank and file as the party begins to lick its wounds from last night's defeat in a special Missis...
Republicans Who Just Don't Get It
Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
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If Republicans lose in deeply Republican districts as they did last night, they can literally lose anywhere. The whole electoral map can be redrawn.
AP | MATT YANCEY | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics