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Tea party leader lashes out at Scott Brown

By JENNIFER EPSTEIN Sen. Scott Brown has thrown his tea party supporters “under the bus” with his recent critiques of some Republican budget cut proposals, a movement leader said Friday. Brown, a Massachusetts Republican, on Thursday denounced GOP suggestions to cut social and cultural programs as “irresponsible,” and Judson Phillips, a leader of Tea Party [...]

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ObamaCare Knockout

By:  MICHAEL A. WALSH AMERICA AWAITS GOP’S PUNCH One thing Hollywood knows how to do is to give audiences a “cheer moment” when the underdog finally turns on his adversaries — Rocky’s first, bone-crushing left hook against Apollo Creed, for example. As the 112th Congress convenes next week, that’s what many Americans will be expecting [...]

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Mitt Romney’s Inner Circle

THE WASHINGTON POST THE FIX  Political News and Analysis By Chris Cillizza Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has never really stopped running for president since that February day in 2008 when he ended his challenge to Sen. John McCain  (Ariz.). While Romney took an extended hiatus to write his book — “No Apology: The Case [...]

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Scott Brown’s special election strategy

Today’s Monday Fix column — yes, we write for the dead-tree edition of the Post too! — looks at Sen. Scott Brown’s (R) decision to wade into the special elections in Hawaii and Pennsylvania and what it might mean for the man from Massachusetts’ political future. Brown has emailed the Hawaii addresses on his broad [...]

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Rachel Maddow to Challenge Sen. Scott Brown in MA.?

I just received an email from Sen. Scott Brown’s office that said that there is talk in MA. Democratic circles that the Party is talking to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow about the possibility of running against Scott when his partial term in the Senate expires. Ms. Maddow lives in Western Massachusetts and her high visibility as [...]

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Scott Brown Reacts to Democrats Using Reconciliation to Pass Health Care

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Obama stays on offense with health-care proposal

By Anne E. Kornblut and Michael D. Shear There had been rampant speculation that the White House would narrow its ambitions for health-care legislation after the loss of the Democrats’ filibuster-proof Senate majority last month. Instead, the president’s proposal is striking for the extent to which it hews to the basic scale and framework of [...]

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Obama and the Political Kiss of Death: Part II

OMG! Obama is in Nevada, campaigning for Harry Reid…..based on Obama’s track record since Nov. 2009, you know that this means Harry Reid’s defeat is virtually guaranteed! ~~John Cronin~~ President Barack Obama needs Harry Reid to get his legislative agenda through the Senate. Reid needs Obama for something more — his political survival. The two [...]

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CPAC Registration Swells: Conservative Phalanx Arrives in Liberalville

As CPAC director, De Pasquale spends all year planning and organizing the annual three-day conference that is the largest gathering of its kind in the country. The event has become so huge that it was moved this year from its longtime home at the Omni Shoreham Hotel to the larger Marriott Wardman Park, just off [...]

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Senator Bayh’s Domino Effect

WSJ.com By JOHN FUND Political handicappers Larry Sabato and Nate Silver both projected recently that if the November election were held today, Democrats would wind up with only 52 Senate seats, a net loss of seven. Evan Bayh’s sudden retirement yesterday is prompting most observers to give Republicans an edge to capture his vacant seat, [...]

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