All Posts Tagged With: "Democrates"

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Bush Gives In To Democrats on Nominees

84 Nominees at Risk for the Single Confirmation of Bradbury
by way of Jonathan Turley
Think Progress
Majority Leader Harry Reid has alleged that the Bush White House has offered to effectively trade off 84 nominees to the executive and judicial branches if the Senate confirms Steven Bradbury for head of the Office of Legal Counsel. It is [...]

8Feb2008 | Jeremiah | 0 comments | Continued
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Senate Democrats Fail To Expand Stimulus Bill

Senate Democrats Fail To Expand Stimulus Bill
Same L.A. Times, Same Reporter, Same Story, A different slant.
Congress OKs $168-billion stimulus package
L.A.Times
By Noam N. Levey
Republicans block an effort to provide aid to seniors, disabled veterans and the nation’s jobless.
WASHINGTON — Unwilling to compromise with Republicans on a two-year, $204-billion economic stimulus package, Senate Democrats failed Wednesday night [...]

7Feb2008 | Jeremiah | 0 comments | Continued
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Congress OKs $168-billion stimulus package

Measure Receives Bipartisan Support
L.A.Times
By Noam N. Levey
WASHINGTON — In rare bipartisan compromise, Congress approved a two-year, $168-billion economic stimulus package today that will send rebate checks to millions of low- and middle-income Americans, including senior citizens and disabled veterans.
The measure — which came after a concession by Senate Democrats who had demanded substantially more aid [...]

7Feb2008 | Jeremiah | 0 comments | Continued
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Hillary On McCain

It appears as though Sen McCain will be the Republican nominee
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by Aaron Bruns
Hillary;
“It appears as though Sen McCain wil be the Republican nominee, and I have the greatest respect for my friend and colleague Senator McCain,” she said. “But I believe he offers more of the same. More of the same economic policies. [...]

7Feb2008 | Jeremiah | 0 comments | Continued
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GANG OF 14: A HUGE WIN FOR THE GOP

The American Prospect Loves John McCain
Jack Balkin points us to this article in the WSJ defending John McCain on the question of judicial appointments. Part of the op-ed consists of the usual vacuous buzzwords like “judicial restraint” (although they at least avoid the usual procedure of decrying “judicial activism” and then proceeding directly [...]

7Feb2008 | Jeremiah | 0 comments | Continued
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John McCain nose plugs

Introducing the John McCain nose plugs
By Michelle Malkin
John McCain’s mom said that members of the conservative base are going to have to “hold their noses” and vote for her son.
My good friends at the People’s Cube have come up with the perfect voter aid to help:

The Complete Article on Michelle Malkin
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7Feb2008 | Jeremiah | 0 comments | Continued
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Candidates Gird for Next Battles

McCain Tells Critics To ‘Calm Down’
By CALVIN WOODWARD
Associated Press
Boosted by his big night, John McCain asked his loudest conservative critics today to “calm down” and support his Republican presidential candidacy, as Senators Obama and Clinton girded for more rounds of their protracted struggle for the Democratic nomination. Mr. Obama dared claim a “big victory” because [...]

6Feb2008 | Jeremiah | 0 comments | Continued
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Who’s Got The Big MO?

HRC wins CA, MO Still Up In the Air?
by Aaron Bruns
The Article
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6Feb2008 | Jeremiah | 0 comments | Continued
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Yes We Can. But We Shouldn’t!

Yes We Can. But We Shouldn’t!
The Blackprof
by Marc Lamont Hill
Not My Brand of Hope
Within the black faith tradition that Obama appeals to, hope is the belief that, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, our circumstances can be transformed into something previously unimaginable. It is this notion of hope—coupled with organized resistance from the [...]

6Feb2008 | Jeremiah | 0 comments | Continued
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Libertarian-leaning Colorado could help Mitt Romney

Obama, Clinton split Colo. voters
Romney leads GOP
By Michael Booth and Michael Riley
The Denver Post
Mitt Romney enjoys a dominant, 19-point lead over John McCain among Republicans likely to attend Colorado caucuses Feb. 5, with Mike Huckabee trailing and Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani barely registering a nod, according to a Denver Post poll.
The Democratic caucuses hold [...]

4Feb2008 | Jeremiah | 0 comments | Continued