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Exclusive: RNC document mocks donors, plays on ‘fear’

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Who is the fool?
Politico….In neat PowerPoint pages, it lifts the curtain on the often-cynical terms of political marketing, displaying an air of disdain for the party’s donors that is usually confined to the barroom conversations of political operatives.
The presentation explains the Republican fundraising in simple terms.
“What can you sell when you do not [...]

Tancredo rips Palin: Not ‘presidential,’ just selling books

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Is Palin just out for the money?

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Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) ripped into fellow Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin in a recent interview, saying she’s not “presidential” and accusing her of simply trying to sell books.
In an interview published yesterday (via GOP 12) Tancredo said he can’t see Palin as commander in chief.
“I really don’t [...]

Conservatives target their own fringe

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Agree or disagree with Erick Erickson?
Politico….But inflammatory rhetoric such as former congressman Tom Tancredo’s racially tinged speech at this month’s tea party convention, reports of the involvement of right-wing militia groups and the continued propagation of conspiracy theories about Obama have sometimes cast the movement in an unfavorable light.
Erickson has advised new tea party [...]

Boos as Ron Paul wins CPAC straw poll

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

What is a real conservative?
Politico-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 Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who had [...]

Tea party speaker calls for WA senator’s hanging

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Dangerous and no class!
AJC- A speaker at an eastern Washington “tea party” gathering called for one of the state’s Democratic U.S. senators to be hanged, drawing laughter and applause from the crowd.
The comments about Sen. Patty Murray were made by an unidentified woman Saturday in Clarkston, and were captured by local television station KLEW [...]

Low Turnout May Put Democrats At Risk For Midterms, Pollster Says

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Dems not looking good in 10!
HP-An unusually low turnout in Tuesday’s Illinois Democratic primary worries Democratic pollsters who fear that a strong Republican turnout — combined with continued Democratic ambivalence at the ballot box — could lead to a nightmare scenario come November.
“The Democratic drop-off was not a surprise,” said Tom Jensen, Director [...]

Tea leaves: Republican establishment still rules

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Will this help or hurt the GOP?
Politico-The widely anticipated civil war within the Republican Party is off to a decidedly dull start.
Defying predictions from last year, early evidence suggests that party leaders and even most grass-roots activists are more interested in winning elections than in ideological bloodletting.
A spate of recent developments points to [...]

GOP purity test would have banished Bush, Reagan

Monday, February 1st, 2010

I am sure many of you have seen my debate with Mac about entitlements, while Mac claims to be a fiscal conservatives he receives his Medicare, and keeps calling every else a socialist. THE TRUTH is it is unarguable that if we do not deal with entitlements like Medicare that we pay for Mac, our [...]

Newt Gingrich Outlines New ‘Contract With America’

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Good or bad idea?
The Hiil-Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) outlined his vision for a new “Contract With America” after calling for a revival of the GOP’s 1994 campaign manifesto.
After having talked about releasing a new version of the contract, Gingrich took to the pages of the conservative Newsmax magazine to lay out his new [...]

GOP hopeful: People on public assistance like ’stray animals’

Friday, January 29th, 2010

What would Jesus say? The sad part is Baurer does make some valid points.
McC-South Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said Saturday he could have chosen his words more carefully when he compared people who take public assistance to stray animals Friday.
But Bauer, in an interview with The State Saturday, said a [...]

70% say government isn’t working well; Obama approval back at 50%

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

What does this say about the future?
MSN-Barack Obama prepares to deliver his first State of the Union address Wednesday night, he will be speaking to an American public that’s fed up with Congress, the country’s two main political parties, and the federal government, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Only 28 percent [...]

California’s Jerry Brown: The next Martha Coakley?

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

What do you think?
McC-For months, Jerry Brown has said he’s been in no hurry to declare his candidacy for California governor, even as his Republican rivals poured millions of dollars into their gubernatorial campaigns.
That low-key strategy is now sparking concern from some state Democrats, who fear Brown will suffer the same fate [...]

Why the GOP should still be nervous

Monday, January 25th, 2010

I agree, all should read!
Politico-Republicans are riding high in the wake of Scott Brown’s win, talking up an authentic resurgence for their party and a real chance for reclaiming power.
Don’t bet on it.
Yes, it is indisputable that the GOP has surged, especially in the past several months. Republicans won three major races in [...]

‘Tea party’ activists feel slighted by GOP

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

How does this play out?
WT-Just when the Republican Party appears poised for big pickups in the 2010 midterm elections, a ragtag band of grass-roots conservatives millions strong and fiercely motivated, but with no national leader, threatens to split the Grand Old Party in two.
Leading figures in the burgeoning “tea party” movement complain they are [...]

George H.W. Bush to endorse Hutchison

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Does this help or hurt?
S-Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is getting some presidential support in her bid to be the next Texas governor.
Former President George H.W. Bush is expected to endorse her Friday in Houston. Her campaign has scheduled a morning press event with Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush in Houston.
It’ll be Hutchison’s second [...]