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22 hours ago ago from International Liberty
The Associated Press nails the GOP for budget hypocrisy, pointing out that a majority of Republicans voted for Bush's reckless Medicare expansion. This story gives me an excuse to pontificate on why fans of limited government and free markets should not blindly link themselves with the Republican Party. And sometimes they should even hope Republicans lose. There is a very strong case to be made, for instance, that big-government RINOs such as ...
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23 hours ago ago from Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee
Rep. Mike Turner on the chances of Democrats taking back the state house : House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner, of Nashville, noted that the Republicans in October easily won a special House election in a traditionally Democratic Middle Tennessee district in part by tying the Democratic candidate to national issues. If the national climate today is the same way come election time, we're going to have a tough time, but I ...
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I am rethinking my attitude toward the President and health care. I have been quick to criticize him, and he alone, for ceding his principles, first to bi-partisanship and then to bi-ideology (that is, reaching way beyond the responsible right). I no longer think he should be singled out. How did the 60 votes that were supposed to turn back the Republican opposition turn into a bargaining chip for Democrats (and a former Democrat) against ...
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1 X Barack Obama at Las Vegas Presidential Forum March, 2007. Credit: Center for American Progress Action Fund | commons.wikimedia.org In the past year Republicans have been intensely outspoken in debates about the Democratic Congress illness word remodel bill, claiming the illness reforms upheld by the House and Senate will supplement billions to the deficit.Republicans go on to have these accusations even yet the ...
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By now, you've heard all about this . One of the few Democrats representing Alabama -- a Freshman to boot -- bolts the party and announces he's going to become a Republican because of the health care bill. Freshman Rep. Parker Griffith (D-Ala.) switched his affiliation to the Republican Party on Tuesday, saying he could "no longer align myself with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country." Griffith ...
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6 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said on Sunday he was "very confident" that there would be no more defections by House Democrats to the Republican Party between now and the 2010 elections. The Maryland Democrat, in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," was referring to the announcement this past week that Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith was joining the GOP. Van Hollen laced into his former colleague, ...
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(AP) WASHINGTON Two House Democrats who favor a government insurance plan, a central element of health care legislation passed in their chamber, acknowledged Sunday it might have to be sacrificed as negotiators work out a final agreement with the Senate. Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, the No. 3 Democrat in the House and one who had appealed to President Barack Obama not to yield on the public plan, set out conditions for yielding ...
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No president gets a fresh start after just one year on the job. But given the size of the problems President Obama inherited and the battles he chose to take on during his first year, 2010 could provide an opportunity for something close to hitting the reset button -- if he and his team are prepared to seize the opening. The long and acrimonious legislative fight over health-care reform is nearing an end. Barring unforeseen circumstances, ...
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