All Posts Tagged With: "GOP"
Where Have All the Republicans Gone?
By Gary Andres
Consider these headlines from recent polling reports. About a year ago (May, 2007), Rasmussen Reports found that “The number of people identifying themselves as Republican has fallen to a new low.” Around the same time, the Pew Research Center issued a study headlined, “Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007 — Political [...]
Teachers In New York Get Big Gift From GOP
Deal Struck in N.Y. Senate
New York Sun
By JACOB GERSHMAN
Two weeks after the state’s largest teachers union gave Senate Republicans a boost by endorsing their candidate in a critical special election race, Republican lawmakers fast-tracked a bill that would allow New York City teachers to retire with full benefits five years sooner than they can now.
The [...]
Newt: A GOP Dark Horse?
Making Sense, by Michael Reagan
Fred Thompson’s gone. Duncan Hunter’s gone. All these people are gone. Huckabee could become Huckabeen — gone by next Tuesday. So could Rudy after next Tuesday’s Florida primary.
All of a sudden you’ve got this Republican primary coming down to McCain, Romney and Ron Paul. With all this uncertainty, just where can [...]
And While We’re On The Subject, Pork/Earmarks
Republicans & Pork
2008-01-22 23:23:34
Dr. Melissa Clouthier
With the exception of a tiny band of GOP senators led by Tom Coburn, R-OK, and Jim DeMint, R-SC, and House Minority Leader John Boehner, Republican Study Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling and the small caucus of anti-earmark conservatives, the congressional GOP is every bit as addicted to pork-barrel politics as [...]


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