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McConnell Keeps Low Profile
in Health Debate

ANALYSIS

Sep 8, 2009 10:00 PM CDT

McConnell Keeps Low Profile in Health Debate

Conservative critics think Minority Leader should be fighting administration harder

(Newser) - Why haven’t we heard more from Mitch McConnell on health care? The Senate Minority Leader has kept relatively quiet on the administration’s reform efforts, a stance that has irked many conservative activists who feel McConnell is ducking his duties as de facto Republican Party leader, writes Stephanie Mencimer...

Twitchy GOP
Absorbs Yet
Another Scandal

ANALYSIS

Jun 25, 2009 5:47 AM CDT

Twitchy GOP Absorbs Yet Another Scandal

From Sanford to Ensign, Republican leaders are falling down

(Newser) - Mark Sanford caused the GOP enough of a headache when he disappeared—but coming back to South Carolina only made it worse. The second Republican sex scandal in a week has left party leaders angry and exhausted, reports the New York Times, and has them wondering whether they can mount...

Obama, Biden Earn A-Minuses

OPINION

Apr 29, 2009 11:24 AM CDT

Obama, Biden Earn A-Minuses

Pundits offer wide-ranging report card

(Newser) - On President Obama’s 100th day in office, Mark Halperin of Time provides a White House report card:

Barack Obama: A-. “Instantly comfortable and highly skilled at the hardest job in the world.”
Joe Biden: A-: Operates "precisely in the manner he and Obama discussed

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Republicans Hope for 1994 All Over Again

Feb 23, 2009 2:25 PM CST

Republicans Hope for 1994 All Over Again

But Dems are in a better position than they were under Clinton

(Newser) - Barack Obama is banking on change, but Republicans are betting things haven’t changed much at all. They’re hoping to bounce back from the political wasteland using the same playbook that swept them into power in 1994, Jeanne Cummings writes in Politico. The strategy: Unite against Democrats' economic policy,...

Lobbyist on Obama:
'Kerry With a Tan'

Jun 27, 2008 3:55 PM CDT

Lobbyist on Obama: 'Kerry With a Tan'

Blogger: Yes, anti-tax activist goes there

(Newser) - Anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist visited the LA Times Washington bureau today and left behind more than a few raised eyebrows, if not dropped jaws. In evaluating Barack Obama's economic policies, the head of Americans for Tax Reform referred to the senator as "John Kerry with a tan." Don...

Condi Debunks Veep Rumors

Apr 8, 2008 6:32 AM CDT

Condi Debunks Veep Rumors

She's 'last to know about it,' quips aide

(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has once again quashed speculation that she is seeking the vice presidential nomination as John McCain's running mate, reports the Washington Post. A McCain-Rice ticket would satisfy many of McCain's conservative critics and represent a formidable challenge to a Dem ticket headed by a woman...

Conservatives Warm to McCain

Feb 11, 2008 6:15 AM CST

Conservatives Warm to McCain

Leaders aren't crazy about his politics, but they like his chances to win White House

(Newser) - Conservative leaders have a bracing message for voters leery of John McCain: he can win in November. Politico interviews with more than a dozen over this weekend's conservative powow in DC finds them approving of McCain's distance from Bush, which they see winning over voters who want change. “The...

Can the Right Grin and
Bear Him?

Feb 1, 2008 3:00 PM CST

Can the Right Grin and Bear Him?

Some conservatives forgive McCain's flaws, but haters hold out

(Newser) - As John McCain assumes the GOP frontrunner position, can right-wingers look past the maverick's previously unacceptable positions on immigration, gay marriage, campaign finance, tax cuts, and global warming?Some of them are warming up in a hurry, reports the New York Times. “He has moved in the right direction strongly...

Top Policy
Dog Steers
Rudy Right

Oct 26, 2007 9:21 PM CDT

Top Policy Dog Steers Rudy Right

Bill Simon hosts crash course to earn Giuliani conservative cred

(Newser) - Giuliani is going to "Simon University," where think tank types school him to be a hawk and a tax-cutter, the Washington Post reports. Bill Simon hosts, teaching Giuliani how to think conservative heartland instead of New York elite. Simon, Giuliani's policy director, "has the added advantage of...