Mitt Romney believes that his best line of attack is making the claim that he has not spent a moment as a D.C. politician while his two main opponents, Newt ...
No two ways about it, Rick Santorum had a good night. Not only did he sweep Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri but he also got off the best line of the ...
Few would argue the fact that Citizens United has been a major player in the Republican primary...and many if not most would concede that none of it has been healthy ...
As if you needed another reason to not vote Romney.
Celebrity business magnate Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, telling reporters he will not mount an independent campaign if ...
In a perfect world, the Republican contest to find a nominee to face Barack Obama would go on forever...or at least until August. You cannot attach a number to the ...
I suspect there are a ton of conservatives secretly agreeing with Begala and while it's too early in the game for Dems to get cocky, it's difficult to not smile ...
Quotes don't get much better than this one by Bob Dole.
"Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?" asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly ...
After the beating Gingrich took last night, it's hard to imagine under what scenario he can make a comeback. Florida is going to Romney and for Gingrich to regain the ...
There's a lot out there on the President's SOTU, so I'll keep my thoughts short and sweet.
The speech did what it had to do which was target liberals and independents ...
The highlights from last night's debate.
- Newt Gingrich can't wait to become president so he can revisit the early 60s and overthrow Castro in Cuba. War, baby, war.
- Santorum, who ...
It appears that the South Carolina verdict is forcing Romney to start taking Gingrich seriously.
“We’re not choosing a talk show host, we’re choosing a leader,” Romney said, saying that their ...
Mike Huckabee offers advice to Mitt Romney concerning his unreleased tax returns.
Let him [Romney] make this challenge: "I'll release my tax returns when Barack Obama releases his college transcripts and ...
Via Political Humor...
"Mitt Romney is coming under fire because even though he is a multimillionaire, he only paid 15 percent in taxes. That's not a tax, that's barely a tip." ...
Good line.
My guess is that after Romney fails to beat Obama in the general, Huntsman will be back in 2016. The most electable guy in the field and he could ...
I found this pretty funny...and accurate. It comes from a reader over at Balloon Juice.
So, let’s review. The contenders for the GOP nomination are
A vulture capitalist who believes that any ...
Lively little debate going on at one of last week's posts with Libertarianism put under the microscope.
ocLiberal:
I know I am in sketchy territory here, (start the indignant shouting now) but ...
In the contest to determine the winner of the Far-Right Politics gold medal, rack up a few more points for Newt Gingrich.
“I think an intelligent conservative wants the right federal ...
Via Political Humor...
"Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary last night. See, this is proof that even the multimillionaire son of a multimillionaire can beat the odds ...
Story 1:
North Korea punishing those who 'didn't display enough sadness over Kim Jong Il's death'
North Korean authorities are reportedly punishing citizens who did not display enough sadness over the death ...
I agree with 94.7 percent of what Meghan McCain says here.
On Tom Tancredo’s ugly remarks at the Tea Party convention calling for literacy tests for voters and disparaging those who voted for “Barack Hussein Obama”…
“It’s innate racism, and I think it’s why young people are turned off by this movement,” McCain retorted on The View.
“I’m sorry, but revolutions start with young people, not 65 year old people talking about literacy tests and people who can’t say the word ‘vote’ in English,” McCain added.
McCain, a self-described “progressive Republican,” criticized Palin’s assertion that President Obama could get himself re-elected to a second term if he launched a war against Iran.
“You should never go to war unless its the absolute last circumstance,” McCain said.
As for Palin’s defense of Rush Limbaugh for using the word “retard” after calling for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s resignation over the same word last week, McCain said it was a symbol of “exactly what is wrong with politics today.
“We can’t placate and say Democrats can say one thing and Republicans can say another thing,” she said.
McCain added that the rhetoric coming from the Tea Party movement and from Republicans like Palin “will continue to turn off young voters, and anybody who says different is smoking something.”
My only dispute with Meghan here is the bit about revolutions and 65 year-olds. There is no reason that anyone who wishes change cannot protest, yell and make their voices heard, regardless of age. But on Tancredo, Palin, Limbaugh and Republicans, McCain is bang on.
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I doubt the lions will invite Daniel back any time soon though I hope I’m wrong.
President Obama wants a rematch.
After a rousing question-and-answer session between the president and Republican lawmakers last week, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is signaling this week that the president is open to Round Two — and maybe more.
“I believe we have been invited to speak to the Senate Republicans, and we will do so,” Gibbs told reporters on Monday.
“I think the President enjoyed the give and take on these issues of importance. You guys seemed to think it was a worthwhile endeavor,” Gibbs said. “And I think opportunities like this for both sides are important to talk through our ideas.”
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Do you think Barack Obama is a socialist? Yes 63 No 21 Not Sure 16
Do you believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, or not? Yes 42 No 36 Not Sure 22
Do you believe Barack Obama wants the terrorists to win? Yes 24 No 43 Not Sure 33
Do you believe ACORN stole the 2008 election? Yes 21 No 24 Not Sure 55
Do you believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be President than Barack Obama? Yes 53 No 14 Not Sure 33
Do you believe Barack Obama is a racist who hates White people? Yes 31 No 36 Not Sure 33
Bipartisanship is dead for the time being. This is clear. When 63% of Republicans believe that the President is a socialist, there is is little room for agreement on anything, let alone something as complex as health care reform. Level-headed conservatives are being squeezed out of the party daily for not being conservative enough. As Kos explains…
If any Republican strays and decides to do the right thing and try to work in a bipartisan fashion, they suffer primaries and attacks.
On the social issues, the numbers on Republican sentiment are equally discouraging. Example…
Should contraceptive use be outlawed? Yes 31 No 56 Not Sure 13
Do you believe that the only way for an individual to go to heaven is though Jesus Christ, or can one make it to heaven through another faith? Christ 67 Other 15 Not Sure 18
The Republican party is stuck in another era and somehow has failed to evolve in a way one would wish a political party to grow and modernize. I’ve said it before…the United States has more to fear from today’s Republican party than they do from any harm an Osama bin Laden could ever possibly conceive.
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A Republican who thought he was a Democrat but now realizes he was a Republican all the while makes it official. Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith switches from dems to reps.
“As most of you know, I was elected by the people of north Alabama as an independent conservative Congressman,” he said in a press conference.
“I have become increasingly concerned that the bills and policies pushed by the current Democratic leadership are not good for north Alabama or our nation and, more importantly, they do not represent my values and convictions,” he said.
Griffith described himself as “pro-business, pro-life and pro-Second Amendment.”
“I am announcing today that I am joining the Republican conference immediately,” he said, saying the GOP is more in line with his beliefs.
Being a Republican should be about more than just the letter next to a person’s name. We can improve that seat.
Club For Growth:
Griffith’s voting record is far from conservative, too. Granted, he voted against the Big 4 – Obama’s first budget, the Stimulus, Cap and Trade, and ObamaCare. However, his vote on the budget is slightly deceptive since he originally voted for 9 of the 12 spending bills that make up the budget. And he voted against all the Stimulus amendments that would reduce its size.
But just a quick perusal of 2009 shows that he voted YES on the 2009 pork-filled Omnibus; YES on Cash for Clunkers, NO on waiving the harmful Davis-Bacon provision, and had a pathetic 0% score on the 2009 RePORK Card.
This party switch signals Griffith’s nervousness, but it doesn’t signal that his incumbency is safe.
Good luck with Griffith passing the Conservative Purity Test. As for Democrats, it’s one less blue dog to be concerned with.
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Conservatives had a ‘prayercast’ a few days ago where they prayed for defeat of the health care bill. The meeting was attended by Republican Senators Jim DeMint and Sam Brownback and Rep. Michele Bachmann.
Just imagine the above clip taking place in a Muslim nation and the language spoken being Arabic. Imagine Islamic politicians praying to Allah to intercede in a political battle with their government. Conservatives would be the first ones to criticize the theocratic approach of a backwards nation and compare it to the modern, sleek and civilized system of government in the United States.
Those were three members of Congress praying to their god to intercede in the health care debate and to side against the duly elected government of their own country. That was an elected politician crying out to god and declaring that the nation was at the “end of ourselves and now we need you.”
Every American who is not a religious fanatic, regardless of political orientation, should be deeply concerned.
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