Tag Archives: Take Back Congress 2010

Meet Missouri Rep.-Elect Vicky Hartzler

Missouri Republican Rep.-elect Vicky Hartzler is a formidable force. She proved as much in November, when the Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney PAC-endorsed candidate unseated 17-term Congressman Ike Skelton, the powerful chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Now, having toppled the veteran legislator, she will be taking a spot on the committee he once [...]

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Memo to White House: Lawyer Up

By JOSH GERSTEIN         POLITICO Democratic strategists say President Barack Obama needs to act fast to make sure that one of the most tangible consequences of the Republican takeover of the House — an army of GOP committee chairman seeking confidential executive branch deliberations — doesn’t swamp the day-to-day work of the White House. Veterans of the contentious [...]

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Russ Carnahan Survives a Tight Race….Martin Refuses to Concede, Sites “Irregularities”

UPDATED with Martin statement on close race. U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, survived a bruising re-election battle Tuesday. Unofficial state totals posted early today gave Carnahan the victory. “What a year and what a night,” Carnahan told supporters around 11:20 p.m. “The good news is we are ahead and are going to win.” But [...]

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Barbara Boxer in closet match of her career vs. Carly Fiorina

By:  DARREN SAMUELSOHN     POLITICO LOS ANGELES — California’s Senate slugfest has turned into a battle of extremes as both candidates play to their political bases while still trying to entice support from the moderate middle. Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer’s campaign is using red-meat rhetoric against Republican challenger Carly Fiorina, calling her way too conservative for [...]

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Democrats Retrench as GOP Pulls Away

By LAURA MECKLER And JANET HOOK Democratic strategists acknowledged they are abandoning a dozen House seats the party now holds, as they try to salvage their majority in the chamber by shoring up candidates with better chances. With Republicans expanding their advertising to broaden the field of competitive races, Democrats are shifting resources to help [...]

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Nancy Pelosi: Prognosticator or Pinhead?

I can’t wait to hear Madame Speaker’s first interview after the 40 foot political tsunami rolls ashore Nov. 2 and sweeps her and the Democratic Party three miles inland. I wonder how she will try to spin her responses in the interview reposted below. I wonder how she will handle going from one of the [...]

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Election 2010: Delaware Senate

Delaware Senate: Possible Castle Write-In Drops Coons (D) Below 50% Against O’Donnell (R) It is possible that a write-in campaign by Congressman Mike Castle could hurt Democrat Chris Coons more than Republican Christine O’Donnell in the Delaware campaign for U.S. Senate. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Delaware voters finds Coons with 49% [...]

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Tea Party Supporters Converge under the Arch

Tea Party supporters converge under the Arch   BY JAKE WAGMAN AND MICHELE MUNZ Thousands of Tea Party supporters gathered under the Arch this afternoon for what is one of the group’s largest gatherings before the mid-term election in November. As speakers began to welcome the crowd at mid-day, the front steps of the Arch were [...]

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Happy Labor Day from Solid Principles!

HAPPY LABOR DAY TO ALL OUR READERS.  THANKS FOR VISITING SOLID PRINCIPLES.  HAVE FUN TODAY AND LET’S ALL GET READY TO HIT IT HARD TOMMORROW AS WE GET READY TO TAKE BACK CONGRESS. IF YOU HAVEN’T VOLUNTEERED AT YOUR LOCAL GOP VICTORY OFFICE YET, GIVE THEM A CALL TUESDAY MORNING AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY [...]

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Angle defends conservative positions

RENO, Nev. — Sharron Angle strode to the microphones here and made a vigorous defense of her fiercely conservative positions, renewing her calls for the elimination of the Education Department and signaling that she still supports a Social Security system that will eventually be “transitioned out.” Speaking to supporters here at the Atlantis Casino before a [...]

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