Posts tagged GOP

GOP's BP problem

By ToPhOrN on June 17, 2010
GOP’s BP problem

Pundits panned Obama’s speech, but Richard Wolffe reports the White House is taking comfort in research that suggests swing voters liked it, want a bill passed—and see Republicans as the obstacle. The pundits largely panned President Obama’s first Oval Office address, devoted to amping up... [+]

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17Jun

New Republican Group Sparks Worries...

By ToPhOrN on April 18, 2010
New Republican Group Sparks Worries About Party’s Future

There is growing worry that a mysterious new Republican political action committee formed by Bush-era heavyweights including Karl Rove could harm the Republican National Committee down the line. As we’ve been reporting about the RNC’s woes and chairman Michael Steele’s tenure, more and more GOPers... [+]

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18Apr

GOP Senators Refusing To Work Past...

By ToPhOrN on March 24, 2010
GOP Senators Refusing To Work Past 2PM — What Asshats!

Senate Republicans fuming over the passage of health care reform are now refusing to work past 2 p.m. — a tactic they can employ by invoking a little-known Senate rule. On Wednesday, the Judiciary Committee was forced to cancel a hearing as was the Senate... [+]

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24Mar

Schwarzenegger Rips GOP on stimulus

By ToPhOrN on February 21, 2010
Schwarzenegger Rips GOP on stimulus

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... [+]

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21Feb

Republican Asshats think Obama Is...

By ToPhOrN on February 2, 2010
Republican Asshats think Obama Is Racist, Socialist, Non-U.S. Citizen: Poll

A new poll of more than 2,000 self-identified Republican voters illustrates the incredible paranoia enveloping the party and the intense pressure drawing lawmakers further and further away from political moderation. The numbers speak for themselves — a large portion of GOP voters think that President... [+]

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02Feb

The Republicans' Reagan Amnesia

By ToPhOrN on February 2, 2010
The Republicans’ Reagan Amnesia

Republicans love hallowing Ronald Reagan’s name. Too bad they know so little about the guy. Last week in Hawaii, the Republican National Committee almost passed a resolution named after the Gipper. “Whereas President Ronald Reagan believed that the Republican Party should support and espouse conservative... [+]

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'The Tea Party Movement Is About To...

By ToPhOrN on January 12, 2010
‘The Tea Party Movement Is About To Be Hijacked’: Activists Slam Plan For Convention

In the latest sign of rancor in Tea Party circles, a convention billed as an effort to bring together conservative activists from across the country is being attacked by some leading Tea Partiers as inauthentic, too tied to the GOP, and — at $549 per... [+]

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12Jan