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McCain, GOP secretly courting another Dem to switch
9 hours ago ago from Political Wrinkles
McCain, GOP secretly courting another Dem to switch Quote: Republicans are stepping up their efforts to persuade more House Democrats to switch parties and are zeroing in on a second-term Pennsylvanian who acknowledged the efforts but said he has no plans to do so. Democratic Rep. Chris Carney received a phone call Wednesday from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) asking him to consider becoming a Republican, a top GOP official ...
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12 hours ago ago from Beezodog's Place
By William M. Daley Thursday, December 24, 2009; A15 The announcement by Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith that he is switching to the Republican Party is just the latest warning sign that the Democratic Party my lifelong political home has a critical decision to make: Either we plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral disaster not just in the upcoming midterms but in many elections to come. Rep. Griffith's decision ...
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23 hours ago ago from Just Some Poor Schmuck
William M. Daley - Keep the Big Tent big - washingtonpost.com That success happened for one major reason: Democrats made inroads in geographies and constituencies that had trended Republican since the 1960s. In these two elections, a majority of independents and a sizable number of moderate Republicans joined the traditional Democratic base to sweep Democrats to commanding majorities in Congress and to bring Barack Obama to the White ...
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13 hours ago ago from hisWorldNews.biz
WASHINGTON (AP) Republican senators attacking the cost of a Democratic health care bill showed far different concerns six years ago, whereas they approved a major Medicare expansion that has added tens of billions of dollars to federal deficits. The contrariety - or hypocrisy, as some short visit it - has irked Democrats, who claim that their lay out volition defray for itself with higher taxes and expenditure cuts and cite the ...
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4 hours ago ago from Common American Journal - Ordinary Americans seeking to inform and inspire our fellow Patriots in these extraordinary times
by Paul A. Rahe BigGovernment.com 12/24/2009 For some time now — here , here , and here — I have been arguing what at first must have seemed counterintuitive: that a great political realignment may be in the works. Today, in The Washington Post , William M. Daley warns his fellow Democrats that they are in danger of bringing just such a realignment about. After alluding to the announced retirements of four centrist Democrats in ...
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Chris Weigant: My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]
1 hour, 24 minutes ago ago from Huffington Post
Welcome once again to our year-end wrapup and awards ceremony. Honesty dictates that I immediately genuflect to The McLaughlin Group , from whom I have stolen all these award categories. We will begin this week with Part 1 of these annual awards, and then next Friday on New Year's Day, we will present Part 2 , with reduced volume levels (for those who are nursing hangovers... ahem). Before we begin, though, we have to insert a free plug, ...
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