Republicans

Suddenly, the Dems Don't Feel So Well

Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.07.2010 | Comedy


Rick Horowitz

"Transient Majority Syndrome. There are enough of you who get together here to start thinking you can really shake things up. You think that from now on, everything will be different ..."

Did Katie Couric Fire Walter Cronkite's Voice...Or did the Cronkite family, make his voice "quit' Katie's show?

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 01.07.2010 | Media


Stephen Viscusi

By Stephen Viscusi Although I work on TV now myself, preparing for my own TV show "The Job's Whisperer" I started my career as a headhunter, then ra...

The Shameless Hypocrisy of Peter King

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics


Michael J.W. Stickings

No, not that Peter King, that Peter King (who seems to call himelf "Pete," perhaps to distinguish himself from the more famous other Peter King). Obvi...

The Twisted and Dangerous Republican Record on Terrorism

Bob Cesca | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics


Bob Cesca

We all understand that Americans have a short attention span, and an even shorter memory, but the Republicans are really counting on it as they exploit the post-underpants bomber freakout.

Obama's A Wimp, Even to a Yellow Dog Dem Like Me

Sandy Goodman | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics


Sandy Goodman

As you can tell, after a year of Obama, I'm for him, but not with any real enthusiasm. Nice fella. Good talker. But I'm afraid he's deserving of a descriptive word once applied to the first George Bush. Obama is a wimp.

Lame Duck Terminator

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.07.2010 | Los Angeles


Joseph A. Palermo

Schwarzenegger and his merry band of right-wing Republicans, who control a third of the state legislature, are intent on squeezing the last drops of blood from California's public institutions.

Republican Pro-Choice PAC Shortchanges Campaigns

The Center for Public Integrity | Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics


Wharton Professor Yoram "Jerry" Wind calls himself a liberal Republican. Unhappy with what he considers far-right positions taken by his party, he sea...

Con Games: You Are No Republican

Michael Conniff | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics


Michael Conniff

When I rail against Republicans like Sarah Palin and Jim DeMint and Tom Coburn, I am also railing against the "moderates," because there is no such thing as a "moderate" Republican Party.

The Republican Who Might Bring Gay Marriage to Jersey

John R. Bohrer | Posted 01.06.2010 | New York


John R. Bohrer

Contrary to popular belief, New Jersey's same sex marriage equality legislation isn't dead yet. There are five Democratic Senators voting no. That means at least three Republicans are needed to pass.

Lindsey Graham: Censure Not Really A Rebuke

The State | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics


U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday dismissed his censure by the Lexington County Republican Party as the "misplaced priorities" of narrow interests ...

Democrats Are Dropping Like Flies

The Note | David Chalian | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics


It is not shaping up to be a pretty week for the Democrats. The all-but-assured Democratic nominee for governor in Michigan, Lt. Gov. John Cherry, ...

Byron Dorgan To Retire, Not Seek Re-Election

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics


WASHINGTON — North Dakota Democrat Byron Dorgan said Tuesday he will not seek re-election to the Senate in November, a surprise announcement tha...

After the Underwear Bomber, Republicans Have Shown Their True Color: Weakness

Mitchell Bard | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

Where are the tough-guy Republicans now? When did fear and whining replace the gunslinger persona? The Republican reaction has been to give the terrorists exactly what they want.

Cheney's Legacy

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics


Joe Peyronnin

Where were the critics of Obama's Flight 253 handling when it took President Bush six whole days to comment about Richard Reid's failed attempt to blow up an airliner with a shoe bomb?

Allen Quist and the Viciousness of the Republican Party

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics


Michael J.W. Stickings

This pretty much speaks for itself: Allen Quist, a Republican who is seeking to defeat Rep. Tim Walz in southern Minnesota's First Congressional Dist...

Obama's Aces Over

Matt Bennett | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics


Matt Bennett

Right now, the President may appear to have a meager stack of chips in front of him, but it's because his entire bankroll is in the pot. And as it turns out, he's holding a couple of aces.

GOP House Candidate: Battling Liberals More Important Than Battling Terrorists

Minnesota Independent | Andy Birkey | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics


Allen Quist, a Republican who is seeking to defeat Rep. Tim Walz in southern Minnesota's First Congressional District, told attendees of the Wabasha C...

Allen Quist: Fight Against Democrats Bigger Than Fight Against Terrorism (VIDEO)

TPMDC | Eric Kleefeld | January 4, 2010, 1:10PM | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics


Allen Quist, a Republican candidate seeking the nomination to go up against Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN), has made a serious pronouncement: That the political...

Bachmann: GOP Should 'Be Re-Defined By The Tea Party Movement'

Think Progress | Matt Corley | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics


At the inception of the tea party phenomena, organizers insisted that "the movement is not tied to the Republican Party." But in recent weeks, the Rep...

'N-Word' Sign Comes Back To Bite Tea Party Leader

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics


Dale Robertson, a Tea Party activist who operates TeaParty.org, is getting stung for an old photo -- taken at the Feb. 27, 2009 Tea Party in Houston -...

A Not-So-Conservative Purity Test

David Gray | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics


David Gray

The real reason the RNC should reject the "Resolution on Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of Candidates" is that it's not even conservative.

Republican Party Protests the Disney Company

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 01.04.2010 | Comedy


Robert J. Elisberg

Republican note that the problem at Disney World goes far beyond pornography and bestiality, and comparisons to ACORN. They claim that it is a haven for the occult.

Medical Alert: We Need a Cure for Bad Faith

Deepak Chopra | Posted 01.04.2010 | Living


Deepak Chopra

The Republicans who oppose health care reform aren't so much a dissenting minority as a faction that wants to destroy the Democrats. This is bad faith in action.

Kicking the National Security Football

Danielle Celena Belton | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics


Danielle Celena Belton

National security is serious business. It involves how our country protects and projects itself abroad. It's not meant to be about partisan game-playing.

2010 Election Situation Grows More Difficult For Democrats

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 01.03.2010 | Politics


WASHINGTON — An already difficult situation for Democrats in Congress is worsening as the 2010 political season opens. To minimize expected los...