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Duncan Hunter on the differences between scandal-plagued Republicans and Democrats. About a month ago, during a debate for Republican presidential can...
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Religious Conservatives Take A Back Seat In '08 Elections
The New York Times | LAURIE GOODSTEIN | Posted 10.06.2007 | Home
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AFTER the 2004 elections, religious conservatives were riding high. Newly anointed by pundits as "values voters" -- a more flattering label than "reli...
Theo-Con Politics: The Blather Goes Marching On
Dan Agin | Posted 10.06.2007 | Politics
No matter how it turns out, theo-cons will not go away. They will either weigh down the Republican Party with their lead-weight fundamentalism, or cut the Republican Party in half and split away.
Romney Is His Own Biggest Donor
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.05.2007 | Home
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Mitt Romney once said financing his own campaign would be a "nightmare." Writing checks, he said this week, is "painful." It doesn't seem to be stoppi...
Rush Limbaugh Joins Ahmadinejad in GOP Heaven
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics
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Republican heaven is a special place, even more than normal heaven. Imagine a world with no homosexuals and where Americans can stay forever fighting in Iraq.
Debates Announced For Florida: Will The Candidates Show Up?
Ron Levitt | Posted 10.03.2007 | Home
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Democratic Presidential candidates may have signed the DNC's mandate not to campaign in Florida. But they're not about to turn down free TV time - or are they?
Bad For Business: Execs And Managers Bolting GOP
The Wall Street Journal | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 10.01.2007 | Business
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The Republican Party, known since the late 19th century as the party of business, is losing its lock on that title. New evidence suggests a potential...
Is The GOP Committing Suicide?
HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 09.30.2007 | Politics
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After convention speeches by the two Pats - Robertson and Buchanan - in 1992 helped elect Bill Clinton, organizers of the GOP's quadrennial gatherings...
Romney Himself To Provide One Out Of Every Four Dollars In His Campaign War Chest
Washington Post | Matthew Mosk and Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 09.30.2007 | Home
When former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney closes the books on his latest campaign finance report today, it will reveal a slow but steady shift fr...
Experts Proclaim Religious Right Powerless In '08 Primaries
McClatchy Newspapers | Steven Thomma | Posted 09.30.2007 | Home
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Palm Sunday two years ago was a glorious day for Christian conservatives. A president who'd proclaimed Jesus his favorite philosopher was racing back...
All Signs Point Downward For GOP In '08
AP | David Espo | Posted 09.29.2007 | Home
It is gallows humor time for Republicans in Congress, where one lawmaker jokes that "there's talk about us going the way of the Whigs," the 19th centu...
Time To Take The 24 DVDs Off The Straight Talk Express?
Michael Roston | Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics
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McCain is a 24 nut, so much that he's decided to work the recreation of a fictional Counter Terrorist Unit into his next big campaign speech.
Bill Clinton Slams GOP Leaders For Snubbing Black Voter Forum
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics
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Former President Bill Clinton has sharply criticized the Republican presidential frontrunners for snubbing an African-American voter forum this week. ...
On the 2008 Republican Presidential Candidates for President
John Zogby | Posted 09.25.2007 | Politics
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Giuliani has serious family issues. Many Americans come from dysfunctional families, but most of them don't run for president. Then there is the Judy Nathan problem.
The "Whites-Only" Sign on The GOP's "Big Tent"
Vernon Jordan | Posted 09.21.2007 | Politics
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The candidates for the Republican party's presidential nod are building quite a track record--of snubbing prospective voters. It's getting to be a long list.
Black Voter Snub: Everyday People Take Center Stage
Cornel West | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics
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The actions of everyday people to bring pressure to bear on the Republican party to be accountable to American citizens of color is now center stage.
Fear of a Black Debate
John Ridley | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics
This time the Republicans have got me beat. I can think of no good, new, or clever way to dissect what is, frankly, a dumb move on the part of their top tier candidates.
"We Sound Like We Don't Want Black People To Vote For Us"
Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics
Key Republican leaders are encouraging the party's presidential candidates to rethink their decision to skip presidential debates focusing on issues i...
Counting Senate Votes On Iraq... 56... 57... 60... 67....
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics
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When you parse it all out, it comes down to 50-50 on the subject of Iraq, but there are four names being floated as candidates for GOP aisle-crossing.
WH Pushes Back At Greenspan: Oil Claim Is "Georgetown Cocktail Party Analysis"
ABC News' Political Radar Blog | John Cochran | Posted 09.16.2007 | Home
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ABC News' John Cochran Reports: Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's memoirs, 'The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World' doesn't go on sale of...
Administration Push For Oil And Gas Drilling Holes In GOP Western Base
Washington Post | Karl Vick | Posted 09.15.2007 | Home
The Bush administration's aggressive drive to promote oil and gas drilling on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains has sparked growing anger here ...
Greenspan Blasts GOP: Party "Deserved To Lose"
The Wall Street Journal | GREG IP and EMILY STEEL | Posted 09.14.2007 | Home
In a withering critique of his fellow Republicans, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says in his memoir that the party to which he has be...
Thompson Has "No Opinion" On Schiavo Saga
AP | Brendan Farrington | Posted 09.13.2007 | Home
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Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson gave no opinion Thursday when asked about efforts by President Bush and Congress to keep Terri Schiavo...
The Shock Doctrine
Jane Smiley | Posted 09.13.2007 | Politics
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The Republican Party now seems to work like a gang, in which the most valued qualities in members are loyalty to the gang and the leader, obedience to authority, and violence toward outsiders.
24-Hour Republican Party People
Bill Maher | Posted 09.13.2007 | Politics
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Republicans sex scandals are getting to be like Iraqi car bombings. By the time you hear about one, there's been another.
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