Politics
Hawaii Sends Charles Djou to Congress, First Republican in 20 Years
Honolulu city councilman Charles Djou won a special election to fill a vacant seat in Congress, becoming only the second Republican in Hawaii’s history to represent the Aloha state in the House of Representatives.”I think we sent a clear message to Washington, D.C., that we are spending too much money and that we need more […]
Cokie Roberts: Blumenthal should quit
ABC News analyst Cokie Roberts said Sunday that Connecticut Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal (D) should end his campaign over his misstatements about his Vietnam War record.
The New York Times this week reported that Blumenthal stated several times that he said he served “in” Vietnam during the war and that he told anecdotes as if he […]
Sestak: WH offered job if he left race (Obama broke the law and now for the cover-up)
Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., said Sunday the White House had offered him a job if he would withdraw from the primary race against Sen. Arlen Specter.
Sestak, who defeated the five-term incumbent Specter to win the Democratic nomination in the Senate primary, was asked on CBS’s “Face the Nation” if the Obama administration had offered a […]
DEMSASTER: SENATE CANDIDATE ‘LIED’ ABOUT SERVING IN VIETNAM (LIBERAL LIES)
At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life.
“We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,” Mr. Blumenthal said to the group gathered in Norwalk in March 2008. “And […]
Arlen Specter Warns of Tea Party ‘Takeover’ (Too Late for Specter)
As voters considered his fate throughout Pennsylvania, Sen. Arlen Specter warned on Tuesday that without him Democrats may not be able to fend off a tea party “takeover.”
“What you see happening across the country is that the tea party organization has taken over,” Specter said in an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
“We know what happened […]
Bill Clinton offers himself as lottery prize to pay off Hillary’s debts
Bill Clinton offers himself as lottery prize to pay off Hillary’s debts
Despite making millions of dollars Mrs Clinton still owes her pollster $771,000 Tim Reid, Washington
There are many ways to pay off campaign debts — cajoling phone calls, begging letters — but Bill Clinton believes that he has come up with a better method to […]
It’s Time: GOP Needs to Radically Change Tactics with Minorities
Republicans do poorly with minority voters.
As a general rule, the Republican Party gets about one-tenth of the black vote, one-third of the Hispanic vote, and one-fourth of the Jewish vote. If this seems like a huge problem today, demographic patterns point to the radical liberalism destroying the country today becoming the norm forevermore.
Why do minorities […]
Most Black Republicans Since Reconstruction Run for Congress
African-American voters and the modern GOP have a complicated relationship. There hasn’t been a black Republican in Congress since 2003. After President Obama won 95% of the black vote in the 2008 election, the Republican National Committee, partly in a bid to gain some African-American support, appointed black Republican Michael Steele as RNC head. Steele’s […]
Obama Unicorn Ad: Does It Go Too Far? (Hilarious Video!)
The Republicans have released a controversial new video ad about President Barack Obama suggesting his promises for change and health care reform are fairy tales.
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At one point in the ad, the announcer boasts: “Global warming has been solved by replacing cars with low-emmission unicorns, […]
SHOCK POLL: 2012 Presidential Election Match-Up (Barack Obama 42%, Ron Paul 41%)
Pit maverick Republican Congressman Ron Paul against President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up, and the race is – virtually dead even.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of likely voters finds Obama with 42% support and Paul with 41% of the vote. Eleven percent (11%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent […]
Polls:Support for Repeal of ObamaCare Up To 58%
Three weeks after Congress passed its new national health care plan, support for repeal of the measure has risen four points to 58%. That includes 50% of U.S. voters who strongly favor repeal.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters nationwide finds 38% still oppose repeal, including 32% who strongly oppose it.
For the […]
DEM TROUBLE IN SPRING SPECIAL ELECTIONS
The prospect of losing two House seats in back-to-back special elections next month has sparked a vigorous, behind-the-scenes Democratic effort, designed to avoid an outcome that could lead to panic among the rank and file and stall the momentum generated by the recent passage of landmark health care legislation.
The trajectories of the two elections, which […]
Warren poses GOP shake up (Black Republican female for 63rd Assembly district)
Don, Paul, Jacqueline, Pat, Mike, Henry, Acquanetta. Her name stands out, true, but Acquanetta Warren is even more of an oddity than her four-syllable handle lets on: She’s a black Republican woman, and she’s a serious candidate for the 63rd Assembly District.
“I am black, and I am a woman, and I am a Republican,” said […]
Palin to RNC: Take me off fundraiser( RNC is trying to trade on her name )
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has asked the Republican National Committee to remove her name from a fundraiser the committee is planning piggybacking off of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, POLITICO has learned.
Palin’s staff has twice told the RNC to remove her name from an invitation sent to donors, obtained by POLITICO on Wednesday, showing […]
USATODAY GALLUP Poll: OBAMA DISAPPROVAL RISES TO 50% (The lowest so far. Barry is testing new low)
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the health care overhaul signed into law last week costs too much and expands the government’s role in health care too far, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, underscoring an uphill selling job ahead for President Obama and congressional Democrats.
Those surveyed are inclined to fear that the massive legislation will increase […]
Post-Obamacare Collapse: Obama 46% Approval Matches All-Time Low in Gallup Poll
In another crushing blow to the “conventional wisdom” of the establishment media that because “Americans love winners” President Barack Obama would receive a large, sustained bounce in approval after last week’s passage of Obamacare, today Gallup released its daily approval numbers showing Obama at only 46% approval, with 46% disapproving. Obama’s 46% approval in Gallup […]
Senator Scott Brown: Rachel Maddow is being recruited to be my opponent.
Dear *****,
It’s only been a couple of months since I’ve been in office, and before I’ve even settled into my new job, the political machine in Massachusetts is looking for someone to run against me. And you’re not going to believe who they are supposedly trying to recruit — liberal MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow.
Rachel lives […]
If Obamacare Passes, What Will Happen by Election Day?
If the House Democratic majority passes Obama’s health care proposals, one of two things will happen by Election Day, 2010 — and neither one will be healthy for the Democrats seeking re-election.
Either the Medicare cuts will take effect or they will be postponed by a terrified Congress.
If they take effect, physicians’ fees will be slashed […]
J.D. Hayworth’s Drudge ad irks John McCain
WASHINGTON — It’s pretty early into the Republican primary campaign between Sen. John McCain and former Arizona Rep. J.D. Hayworth. But two things are already clear: McCain and his staff don’t like Hayworth much — and Hayworth may well spend the rest of the campaign trying to poke McCain in the eye politically, just to […]
White House Taps Democratic Fundraiser as New Social Secretary
The White House has chosen Julianna Smoot, a prominent Democratic Party fundraiser, to replace Desiree Rogers as social secretary, Fox News has confirmed.
Rogers is stepping down next month in the wake of last year’s White House gate-crashing scandal that she was blamed for.
Smoot served as national finance director for Obama’s presidential campaign, helping raise $32.5 […]