Category Archives: GOP

GOP’s ‘Blame Romney’ Faction Needs To Take A Hard Look In The Mirror

By: Douglas Mackinnon It is all at once funny, pathetic and quite dangerous to watch the Republican establishment and leadership run around pointing fingers of blame at Mitt Romney and his team for his loss when they themselves cheer-leaded and ensured his selection. If anyone wants to understand why conservatives, libertarians and members of the [...]

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The jockeying for 2016 has already begun.

  By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal is urging the Republican Party to rethink its pitch to voters. Bob McDonnell of Virginia says Republicans should look to outsiders to fix partisan gridlock in Washington. Their fellow governor, Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, says the next GOP leader must do a better [...]

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The GOP’s Cold Comfort

  Denial is no consolation — it’s time for clear-eyed reassessment. By: Rich Lowry No sooner had the electoral thundercloud arrived last Tuesday than some Republicans began searching it for a silver lining. It is an understandable impulse after a defeat to want to minimize its magnitude and rationalize away its causes. But there are [...]

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Romney’s committees began outraising Obama’s starting in May

By KENNETH P. VOGEL Mitt Romney raised $100 million in August, his campaign told bundlers last week in Tampa. Romney campaign finance director Spencer Zwick revealed the tally during an event with top fundraisers on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention, according to a source who was present. The Romney campaign did not respond [...]

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Record-high Labor Day gasoline prices greet Democrats in Charlotte

By ANDREW RESTUCCIA   Democrats arrived in Charlotte on Monday to an ill-timed reminder of one of the issues plaguing President Barack Obama’s reelection bid: high gasoline prices.   Prices at the pump reached a national average of $3.83 Monday, according to AAA, setting a record high for a Labor Day. The previous Labor Day [...]

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Web verdict on Perry: Brutal

By JUANA SUMMERS The conservative commentariat spoke with near-unanimity Friday on Rick Perry’s debate performance: The Texas governor didn’t just lose, he bombed. There was no election-ending gaffe or singularly disqualifying remark. But his second consecutive weak outing set off alarms on the right, where too many cringeworthy moments raised questions about Perry’s durability, his [...]

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Iowa Debate Round Up

Summary:  This was a really difficult debate to watch, and while some would say the questions asked were not softballs, the moderators were throwing gotchas, something which Newt Gingrich took issue with. Chris Wallace:  Tonight’s villain in the moderator stakes was Wallace, and at times it was hard to hard to tell if Chris used the [...]

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When All Else Fails, Push The Class War Rhetoric

During the 2008 Presidential race, candidate Obama proposed a $50 billion ‘Emergency Economic Plan‘. This plan included issuing rebate payments of $1000 to assist with rising energy costs, extending unemployment benefits, and distributing additional funds to the states. It was planned to be funded from the excess profits of big oil companies, which the Obama [...]

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The Reinventing of Governor Rick Perry

The Reinventing of Governor Rick Perry ‘How the American Family Association can play the Anti-Mormon card, while grooming Perry into their own candidate for 2012′. By Craig Edwards Reputed Republican Presidential candidate – Texas Governor Rick Perry, recently gathered considerable criticism for his upcoming prayer event titled ‘The Response’. The Houston event is billed as [...]

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EMILY’s List Targeting Rep. Allen West

IMAGE: Rep. Allen West at 2011 CPAC According to postonpolitics.com : Term-limited West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel announced today that she’s running for the congressional seat of freshman U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation. “Allen West’s record’s going to speak for itself, I believe the focus needs to be not on talk radio. The focus needs to [...]

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