Posts in February 2010

Florida Governor Charlie Crist won’t win over many of his conservative critics with his latest move — declaring emphatically that the president’s stimulus has created tens of thousands of jobs in his state and expressing “not one iota” of regret for working with Obama (indeed,... [+]

President Obama officially released his own health care reform proposal on Monday in a last-ditch effort to unite the Democratic Party around some sort of comprehensive legislation. Coming days before the much anticipated bipartisan health care reform summit this Thursday, the 11-page White House proposal... [+]

Sen. John Cornyn is struggling with a problem his party hasn’t seen much lately: high expectations. When the Texas Republican took over as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, many thought he could call the 2010 cycle a victory if the Republicans lost just... [+]

The only thing Republicans and teabaggers hate more than Barack Obama is, uh, every single Republican “front runner.” This became comedically clear again, last night, when the CPAC crowd chose Doctor Ron Paul as their 2012 GOP nominee for president. Paul got 31% of the... [+]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) accused his Republican colleagues in Washington on Sunday of blatant hypocrisy on the stimulus package — railing against the jobs bill in public while poising for stimulus-related projects and ceremonies in their home districts. Appearing on ABC’s This Week, the moderate... [+]

Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning Texas Republican who ran a quixotic bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, was the top vote-getter in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s straw poll, capturing the support of 31 percent of those who participated in the contest. Former... [+]

Former Republican senator Rick Santorum accused military leaders on Saturday of having become so “indoctrinated” with political correctness that they can no longer “see straight.” The Pennsylvania arch-conservative was specifically referring to the brass’s support of a repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy.... [+]