Category: Republicans

Redistricting in California, Illinois and Others May Lose House GOP Majority

Posted on by Jane Jamison

Cross-posted at UNCOVERAGE.net At long last, the “Citizens” Redistricting commission in California has come up with its proposed new voting maps.:  It’s not good news for Republicans in the very blue state and the same tactics are being used nationwide.:  Re-districting is the “stealth” way Democrats will try to win back the House of Representatives […]

 

No Apologies From Mitt Romney For Globull Warming Stance

Posted on by William Teach

Mitt Romney is, in my estimation, a great candidate, and perhaps the best one to defeat Obama in the 2012 general election. While he certainly has several squishy Conservative positions, he also has excellent experience as both a business executive and as a political executive. He will appeal easily to the moderate and middle ground […]

 

New York Times Columnist Kristof’s Foolishness

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof is a simpleton. There is really no other way to say it, no gentler phrasing possible, to explain how childish and uncluttered his tiny little mind really is. The latest example of his utter inability to think clearly can be seen in Kristof’s screed against Americans that love America. […]

 

Can You Build A Whole Book Around Having Sex With Ari Fleischer?

Posted on by John Hawkins

You have to admit that this is a pretty hawt headline, “Sex and drugs rocks the Republican Party as ‘political press tart’ bares all in ‘sexpose’ book,” right? Sadly, the payoff isn’t quite as scintillating as the title. Republicans were left reeling by the publication of a new book written by a former political press […]

 

Why, No, The GOP Hasn’t Given Up On “Repeal And Replace”

Posted on by William Teach

It’s just been very hard to do, considering that the GOP doesn’t control the Senate nor the White House. The Republican Party is going to have to get control of those two in 2012 in order to affect a full repeal and replace More than four months after their triumphant vote to scrap the Democrats’ […]

 

Mitt Romney’s Climate Change (Hoax) Belief Continues

Posted on by William Teach

And here we go again Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney broke with Republican orthodoxy on Friday by saying he believes that humans are responsible, at least to some extent, for climate change. “I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that,” he told a crowd of about 200 at […]

 

Politico: “Sarah Palin Goes Behind Enemy Lines”

Posted on by William Teach

Yes, that is the exact headline, and what follows is an interesting article Starting Sunday, Sarah Palin enters enemy territory. The bus tour that stands to return her to the 2012 spotlight is taking her to the part of the country that’s the least friendly to her – the northeastern U.S. The headline and the […]

 

Romney Supports Ethanol Subsidies

Posted on by William Teach

Should we start or end with a face palm?From Real Clear Politics On his first trip back to the nation’s first voting state as a soon-to-be declared presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney reaffirmed his support for federal ethanol subsidies — an always important campaign issue in Iowa that figures to take on an […]

 

Huntsman-Bachmann 2012???????

Posted on by William Teach

I had intended to take a shot at the lead story over at The Politico regarding “Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann Size Each Other Up,” but this wacky opinion piece by one of the GOP intelligentsia over at The Washington Post really takes the cake: Huntsman-Bachmann in 2012! Former governor and ambassador Jon Huntsman is an […]

 

Should All Republicans In Congress Vote For The Ryan Plan? No, They Shouldn’t.

Posted on by John Hawkins

Scott Brown is defecting on the Ryan plan. U.S. Sen. Scott Brown announced Monday he would vote against a controversial Republican budget plan that has the GOP on the defensive across the country. The plan authored by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, has passed the House, but polls show its provision changing Medicare into a voucher-like […]

 

Suddenly, Citing The Willie Horton Ad Is Not Raaaaacist…

Posted on by William Teach

…when attempting to use it against the GOP: GOP governors could face pardon issue in 2012 campaign It’s still early in the presidential race, so the opposition research dumps haven’t really begun. But when the skeletons in the closets of 2012 GOP hopefuls begin to be revealed, the unique shape of the field–which will almost […]

 

Grist Wonders If Belief In The Climate Change (Hoax) Is Kiss Of Death For GOP Candidates

Posted on by William Teach

And their poster child for this is John Huntsman, who is known mostly for the media and Democrats saying he would be a formidable Obama opponent, while most Conservatives say “other than working for Obama, who the hell is he?” Is climate sanity the kiss of death for Republican presidential candidates? Even after backing away […]

 

Democrats FINALLY Talking of Cutting Back Govt Employee Pensions

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Washington Post had a recent piece saying that it looks like Washington is finally coming to the stark realization that the benefits and pensions of federal workers are wildly over promised and even Democrats are finally contemplating cuts in federal pensions. The GOP has already targeted these pensions by proposing that federal workers contribute […]

 

Newt Gingrich Endorses Socialized Medicine

Posted on by Dave Blount

Anyone who would snuggle on a couch with Nancy Pelosi to promote the global warming hoax is either a moron or an authoritarian statist. Newt Gingrich confirms that he is the latter: Newt Gingrich’s appearance on “Meet the Press” [yesterday] could leave some wondering which party’s nomination he is running for. The former speaker had […]

 

Mitch Daniels: Time To Move On?

Posted on by William Teach

One can usually rely on The Politico being good little lefties and finding ways to slam Republican candidates, but, they actually make a good point with this story: Mitch Daniels, the reluctant candidate It’s becoming a recurring pattern: the more supporters of Mitch Daniels attempt to pump him up, the less he appears to want […]

 

Rand Paul Was Right; You Don’t Have A “Right” To Anything Another Human Being Has To Produce.

Posted on by John Hawkins

With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to healthcare, you have to realize what that implies. It’s not an abstraction. I’m a physician. That means you have a right to come to my house and conscript me. It means you believe in slavery. It means that you’re going to enslave not […]

 

Is Herman Cain the “star personality” candidate Republicans have been waiting for? And which GOPer do you like? *UPDATED*

Posted on by Bookworm

Since I’m in California, which has always been a late primary state, and since California is now switching to open primaries anyway, it’s always hard for me to get very excited about primaries. The fact is that I never feel I really have any say in them, since the front runners are already decided by […]

 

House GOP Pass Offshore Drilling Legislation

Posted on by William Teach

Obviously, this is some sort of massive handout to Big Oil or something, rather than a measure to drill for our own oil off our own shores, ensuring our supply is readily available and prices go down As gas prices nationally approach $4 a gallon, the House passed Thursday a measure that would require the […]

 

Ohio Gov. John Kasich Tells Obama To Do His Own Job First

Posted on by William Teach

Of course, Obama is way too busy enjoying the trappings of the Oval Office, putting his 2012 election campaign into high gear, and getting revenge on reporters who actually report to actually do the job of Chief Executive. Obama was recently in Ohio to do a taped interview with WKYC Cleveland, and said, vis a […]

 

Profiles in Ineptitude: a Timeline of the Boehner Debacle

Posted on by Doug Ross

Can someone send a copy of Negotiating for Dummies to Speaker Boehner? Please consider the Speaker’s feckless statements and actions over the last several months — after being handed his position by a huge groundswell of conservative support known as the Tea Party movement. • 1/7/2011: Boehner Doubles Down On Promise To Cut $100 Billion: […]

 

Rand Paul Absolutely Lays It Down On The Budget Compromise!

Posted on by John Hawkins

Normally, I don’t post whole speeches, but Rand Paul’s speech on the budget compromise was so exceptional, so extraordinary, so on point, that it deserves to get much wider play (Emphasis mine). You know, it’s amazing to me to be lectured to and hear about how awful the Tea Party is and what the Tea […]

 

McCain Backs Crony Capitalist Coyote Boondoggle

Posted on by Dave Blount

So far there has been exactly one good thing about Barack Hussein Obama’s election: at least John McCain isn’t president. A tale of corrupt crony capitalism from his home state: Taxes provided $346 million of the $455 million cost of the huge (up to 72,200 seats) retractable-roof NFL stadium where the Arizona Cardinals will play […]

 

New Tea Party and Boehner Alliance Triumphs in Government Shutdown Showdown

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

Some conservatives and Tea Parties are criticizing the budget deal Republicans agreed to with Democrats and the Obama administration on Friday. Should they be? It averted a government shutdown, extending funding for government through the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 2011. It is the largest spending cut in American history in terms of […]

 

Apparently, After Budget Battle Washington Is Still Broken

Posted on by William Teach

That’s the conclusion of the Washington Post’s Dan Baltz As the midnight Friday deadline loomed for a possible government shutdown, and politicians continued their rhetorical war of words, a larger message went out to the rest of the country: Washington is still broken. Unfortunately, Dan never quite says “why” Washington is still “broken.” But, is […]

 

George W. Bush Reduced CO2 By 21%: Will Warmists Embrace Him Now?

Posted on by William Teach

Well, obviously the answer to the question is “no,” since this Grist article by Clark Williams-Derry never even names him once Great Scott, how did I miss this? Late last month, the EPA released a draft greenhouse gas inventory, showing that net climate warming emissions from the U.S. fell by a whopping 15 percent from […]