Category Archives: Washington Post

Thousands of Democrats to be jobless in Washington

Posted on November 5th, 2010

Graphic Credit:  Chris Morris for the Washington Post By Al Kamen Washington Post Staff Writer The Great Shellacking of 2010 will throw more than 2,000 Democratic congressional staffers out of their jobs. And it will send thousands of gleeful Republican staffer wannabes into overdrive to get those resumes up to the Hill to fill those [...]

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Gloom for Democrats as they look to November

Posted on September 1st, 2010

By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer  The Gallup organization dropped a bomb on the political world this week. In shorthand, the pollsters said Monday that if the midterm elections were held now, Republicans would take control of the House – and probably by a comfortable margin. On Tuesday, James Campbell, a professor of political [...]

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Tension over Obama policies within Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Posted on August 28th, 2010

By:  Andrew Becker As it poises for further immigration initiatives, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is struggling with festering internal divisions between political appointees and career officials over how to enforce laws and handle detainees facing deportation. Under the Obama administration, the Department of Homeland Security has shifted its focus away from the worksite raids [...]

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Republican strategist: Michael Steele has ‘obviously been a disaster’

Posted on August 21st, 2010

THE WASHINGTON POST By: Felicia Sonmez A top Republican Party strategist had some harsh words for beleaguered Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Sunday. Ed Rollins, who served as national campaign director for Ronald Reagan‘s 1984 bid and as a former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said that Steele has “obviously been [...]

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The Lost Promise of Barack Obama

Posted on August 20th, 2010

By Michael Gerson The most destructive gap for President Obama is not the Republican lead on the generic congressional ballot or even a job disapproval that has surpassed approval — it is the gap between aspiration and reality. The Manhattan mosque controversy showed the problem in compressed form. First came the Obama of high-toned principle [...]

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Mitt Romney’s Inner Circle

Posted on July 21st, 2010

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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Palin invents word ‘refudiate,’ compares herself to Shakespeare

Posted on July 20th, 2010

By:  Matt DeLong The Twittersphere erupted Sunday when former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tweeted that “peaceful Muslims” should “refudiate” the mosque being built in New York City near where the Twin Towers once stood. Palin found herself the butt of many tweets, as refudiate, of course, is not a word in the English language. After [...]

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Virginia Lawmaker Challenges Feds to Sue His State Over Immigration Enforcement

Posted on July 11th, 2010

A Virginia lawmaker looking to enact an immigration law similar to Arizona’s is challenging the Obama administration to come at his state with a lawsuit, too, saying he hopes the Justice Department has “so many targets” they can’t focus.  Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart told The Washington Post that the Obama [...]

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Romney Blasts New Start Treaty

Posted on July 7th, 2010

Until now, Republicans have been relatively muted in their assessments of President Obama’s arms control treaty with Russia. But former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, the once and likely future presidential candidate, came out Tuesday with a blistering assault on the treaty and called on his fellow Republicans to block its ratification. Mr. Romney said [...]

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Democrats hope Obama 2008 model will help stem midterm losses

Posted on July 6th, 2010

By:  Chris Cillizza Washington Post Staff  Writer To become the nation’s first black president, Barack Obama not only won heavy percentages of the black and Hispanic vote but also managed to trim the Democratic Party’s traditional deficit among white voters. Four years after Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) lost the white vote by 17 percentage [...]

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