Republicans

Stories 481 - 500 | << Prev   Next >>

These Wonky Politicians Are the GOP's Future

David Brooks welcomes the new 'austerity caucus'

(Newser) - David Brooks happily declares the emergence of his kind of Republican on the national stage—members of what he dubs the "austerity caucus." They're more wonky than flashy, with more of a focus on balancing budgets and pragmatic daily concerns than grand visions of the future. He puts...

Crist's GOP Donors Still Fighting to Get Their Cash Back

Appeal ruling denying class-action status

(Newser) - Republicans who donated to see Charlie Crist become the next GOP senator from Florida are keeping up the fight to get their money back now that he's decided he wants to be the state's next independent senator. A lawyer for a pair of donors said today he'll appeal a court's...

This Is a Man, Not a Superhero
 This Is a Man, 
 Not a Superhero 
STANLEY CROUCH
Sep 27, 2010 1:04 PM CDT

This Is a Man, Not a Superhero

Progressives have proved too ready to abandon Obama

(Newser) - Critics of Barack Obama are taking last week's confrontation by Velma Hart , a struggling middle-class black supporter, as proof that the president has lost even the support of African-American voters. Hart, who told Obama she was "still waiting for change" couldn't "have done a better job for the...

Democrats Are in 'Meltdown'
 Democrats Are in 'Meltdown' 
William Kristol
Sep 25, 2010 12:40 PM CDT

Democrats Are in 'Meltdown'

William Kristol: And the Republicans for once aren't 'blowing it'

(Newser) - William Kristol can barely contain his glee with his declaration in the new Weekly Standard that the "Democrat party is in meltdown." They're afraid to vote on the Bush tax cuts before the midterms, he writes, and just look at all those senior staffers in the White House...

Republicans Are Cannibals? It's Offensive to Cannibals
Republicans Are Cannibals?
It's Offensive to Cannibals
Dana Milbank
Sep 25, 2010 10:24 AM CDT

Republicans Are Cannibals? It's Offensive to Cannibals

Dana Milbank: The Donner Party had more tact

(Newser) - Dana Milbank thinks DNC chief Tim Kaine should apologize for likening the GOP and the Tea Party to the Donner Party. "Comparing Republicans to cannibals is deeply offensive," he writes in the Washington Post . "To the cannibals." For one thing, the Donners (and Milbank says he's...

Obama Calls GOP Pledge 'Worn-Out Philosophy'

He again singles out John Boehner

(Newser) - President Obama called out his new favorite target by name today in belittling the Republicans' Pledge to America , reports Politico . Obama singled out House Minority leader John Boehner in complaining that Republicans put forth "the very same policies that led to the economic crisis in the first place, which...

What GOP Will Do With a House Majority

Republicans will cut off cash to key Dem initiatives

(Newser) - If Republicans win the House in November, they’ll highlight their differences with Democrats by starving signature policies—like health care—of cash, the Wall Street Journal reports. Although the GOP hopes to repeal the health care bill in the House, such a measure would likely fail in the Senate,...

Clinton: Whoops, I Thought Health Care Would Be Popular

Long Timeline and GOP Opposition Have Stifled Support

(Newser) - Bill Clinton thought that once it was signed into law, Barack Obama's health care reform bill would become amazingly popular. But the polls are in, and now Clinton admits he miscalculated, the Hill reports. "First of all, the benefits of the bill are spread out of three or four...

Beck to Michelle: 'Get Away From My French Fries'

He mocks anti-obesity efforts, has crude suggestion for carrot stick

(Newser) - Glenn Beck rallied the right at an event in Illinois over the weekend, invoking God, the Constitution, Thomas Jefferson—and deep fried potatoes. Speaking to a crowd of some 300, Beck mocked Michelle Obama's healthy heating campaign , reports the Chicago Sun Times . "Get away from my french fries,...

Obama Advisers Consider Ad Blitz Against Tea Party

National campaign would portray Republicans as radicals

(Newser) - All these Tea Party victories have given Democratic strategists an idea for a national ad campaign with a simple theme: Don't let Republicans take control, because these people are nuts. President Obama's advisers are considering just such an ad blitz, reports the New York Times . The idea is to scare...

Montana GOP Platform: It's Illegal to Be Gay

Party platform still has old plank against 'homosexual acts'

(Newser) - Homosexuals may be gaining more rights across the nation, but they can steer clear of Montana Republicans, thank you very much. The AP notes that the state party has adopted a platform that reiterates this statement of principle under the "crime" section: "We support the clear will of...

Palin on 2012 Run: 'I'd Give It a Shot'

If it's what the people want, she says

(Newser) - Add this to the will-she or won't-she debate: Sarah Palin tells Fox News that she'd be willing to "give it a shot" if the public wanted her to run for president in 2012. "If the American people were to be ready for someone who is willing to shake...

Polls Offer Glimmers of Hope for Democrats
 Polls Offer 
 Glimmers 
 of Hope for 
 Democrats 
MIDTERM ELECTIONS
Sep 16, 2010 7:54 AM CDT

Polls Offer Glimmers of Hope for Democrats

People don't like them, but more people dislike Republicans

(Newser) - If Democrats are desperate for signs of hope heading into the midterms, two new polls may be about as good as they're going to get:
  • A New York Times/CBS survey finds that while most people (63%) don't like them, even more (73%) don't like Republicans. The stat provides "a
...

Palin Orders Rove: Buck Up on O'Donnell

Shut up about 'nutty' O'Donnell, climb on Tea Party express, she warns

(Newser) - Sarah Palin warned Karl Rove yesterday to "buck up" and get with the Tea Party program after he lashed Delaware Senate primary winner Christine O'Donnell and her "nutty" ideas. "To those who say that the GOP nominee is not electable and that they're not even going to...

Dems Keep Distance From Own Party in Ads

Vulnerable incumbents shy away from party line

(Newser) - President Obama and Nancy Pelosi are showing up in lots of political ads these days—and they're almost always Republican ads, notes the New York Times . In general, vulnerable Democratic incumbents are distancing themselves from their party and legislative victories like health care—and instead portraying themselves as anti-government outsiders...

Gallup Generic: Now They're Tied at 46%

Republicans' 10-point lead is gone, for now

(Newser) - Last week, conservatives and Tea Party activists had a field day with the generic poll from Gallup showing a 10% lead over a generic Democratic candidate. This week, Republicans and Democrats are tied at 46% among registered voters. Has the tsunami fizzled out? Was last week's surge just a polling...

Dems File Complaint on Fox 'Illegal GOP Contribution'

Candidate's web site crawl an 'in-kind' contribution

(Newser) - Ohio Democrats have filed documents accusing Fox News of illegally contributing to a Republican Party candidate. Fox broke election law by plugging a GOP gubernatorial candidate by running his web site address along the bottom of the screen as he solicited contributions on Bill O'Reilly's program last month, according to...

Gay Republicans Complain of Intolerance—on the Left

Political reaction to Ken Mehlman goes against stereotype

(Newser) - In assessing the fallout from former RNC chief Ken Mehlman's decision to come out of the closet, Jacob Bernstein points out in the Daily Beast that fellow conservatives seemed to shrug it off while "gay activists on the left pounced." Witness this diatribe from a PR strategist in...

Sorry, Dems, Gallup's Poll Can't Be Dismissed
 Sorry, Dems, Gallup's 
 Poll Can't Be Dismissed 
nate silver
Aug 31, 2010 1:28 PM CDT

Sorry, Dems, Gallup's Poll Can't Be Dismissed

GOP's lead on the generic ballot the 'new normal'

(Newser) - If Democrats were hoping that stats guru Nate Silver would dismiss the new Gallup poll —which shows a record 10-point lead for Republicans on the generic ballot—as an aberration, they're out of luck. It's true that the poll is probably what he calls an "outlier"—that...

Establishment in Trouble? A Definite Maybe
Establishment in Trouble?
A Definite Maybe
analysis
Aug 25, 2010 8:57 AM CDT

Establishment in Trouble? A Definite Maybe

Good luck finding a pattern in last night's tea leaves

(Newser) - Pundits looking to wrap up last night's election results in a tidy little bow got thrown for a loop, writes Dan Balz in the Washington Post . The establishment vs. outsiders theme yielded at best a "mixed verdict." John McCain proved an establishment figure can prevail, while Lisa Murkowski's...

Stories 481 - 500 | << Prev   Next >>
Most Read on Newser