Tag Archives: Sen. John McCain

McCain VS The Wacko Birds

    By:  Richard Butrick   Senator McCain, has called Senator Ted Cruz and his ilk in Congress “wacko birds.” Ted Cruz’s reply?   WASHINGTON – Slammed by Sen. John McCain as one of his party’s “wacko birds,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is embracing the epithet. “It is wonderful to be among friends or, as [...]

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Boehner’s hand forced on Benghazi

By Julian Pecquet Speaker John Boehner is trying to head off a GOP rebellion over his handling of the investigation into last year’s fatal attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, by releasing an interim report of evidence by his panel chairmen. Boehner, an Ohio Republican, told lawmakers Tuesday that the heads of the [...]

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Romney and the Youth Vote

By: Katrina Trinko******National Review Online In March, on the eve of the Illinois primary, over a thousand Bradley University students gathered to hear Mitt Romney. Dressed casually, many in shorts and T-shirts, they stood outside on an unusually warm spring day in Peoria. They listened as 30-year-old Republican Representative Aaron Schock introduced Romney, and watched [...]

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“Mitt Romney versus the many”

By ALEXANDER BURNS The fight for the Republican presidential nomination may not be a heavyweight slugfest after all. A primary campaign that was expected to pit an eggshell frontrunner, Mitt Romney, against one or more powerful, well established opponents has suddenly been flipped. The former Massachusetts governor has built up a solid early lead and [...]

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A Conservative Woman’s Problem with Palin

  By: Lisa Fritsch Sarah Palin, the woman who put enough sizzle in McCain’s 2008 presidential bid to make Republicans think they were finally cooking, now finds herself a few matches short of stoking her own political fire. Palin has managed to maintain the conservative and national spotlight for three years since that failed White [...]

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John McCain’s new role: GOP agitator

By MANU RAJU POLITICO Sen. John McCain is getting under the skin of Democrats these days — and he seems to be relishing it. After Democrats scrapped a massive $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill Thursday, McCain gloated about its defeat — and Democrats fumed. When he took a whack at efforts to bring up a [...]

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‘I Thought I Smelt a Rat’, or, ‘Winning Primaries, Losing Elections The Tea Party Way’.

How was it possible that Sen. Harry Reid, a man behind in the polls, a public enemy outside of Nevada get re-elected to the US. Senate? I instantly sniffed a rat in the making, I took the conclusion it was voter fraud that pushed Dirty Harry over the line. I had no evidence, and if [...]

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Interest in 2010 Mid-term Elections has 2012 Hopefuls Waiting in Their Starting Blocks

Some very interesting notes from “Mike Allen’s Playbook” over at POLITICO.  Fascinating to see how the enormous interest in the 2010 mid-terms has affected the timing of the 2012 hopefuls. On another note, it was very gratifying to see that the Tea Party candidates did well last night.  The Pubbies have to realize that if [...]

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What McCain’s Tactics Teach

HUMAN EVENTS by Patrick J. Buchanan John McCain is headed back to the U.S. Senate, perhaps a changed and chastened man, and perhaps not. But the manner in which he secured his Senate seat for another six years is instructive, and not only for moderate Republicans facing off against conservatives and tea party candidates, but [...]

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Boxer’s “Stimulus”: Nothing But An Empty Lot

Carly Fiorina Issues Statement in Response to Coburn McCain Report on Stimulus Waste SACRAMENTO, CA – U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina today made the following statement in response to the recently released Coburn McCain report outlining 100 “stimulus” projects that have been a deplorable use of taxpayer money and, in many cases, not only failed [...]

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