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Obama: GOP Must Tackle 'Sacred Cows' on Tax Cuts

Obama:
Republicans
Must Bend
on Tax Hikes

Jun 29, 2011 11:27 AM CDT

Obama: Republicans Must Bend on Tax Hikes

President says eliminating breaks for ultra-wealthy isn't 'radical'

(Newser) - President Obama entered the deficit/debt war of words today in a wide-ranging press conference and laid into the GOP with what the Washington Post calls his toughest language yet. He said congressional Republicans have to "take on their sacred cows" and agree to scrap tax breaks for the ultra-rich...

Finally, Republicans Are Being Republicans Again

Peggy Noonan

Jun 17, 2011 12:41 PM CDT

Finally, Republicans Are Being Republicans Again

Peggy Noonan likes the new 'sobriety' about waging war

(Newser) - Republicans should be happy with this week's debate for two reasons, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . First, nobody showed up from "Crazytown." More importantly, the candidates demonstrated a "new sobriety" on foreign policy. "There were no burly promises of victories around the...

Wisconsin Republicans Will Run Fake Democrats in Recall Elections to Force Primaries, Buy Time

Wisconsin
GOP Will Run
Fake Democrats
to Buy Time

Jun 8, 2011 8:02 PM CDT

Wisconsin GOP Will Run Fake Democrats to Buy Time

They will force primaries, push back recall elections until August

(Newser) - Wisconsin politics continue to dazzle: Republicans there are worried about losing their majority in the state Senate in a spate of recall elections set for July 12. They'd like more time to campaign, and they've hit on a bizarre way to get it, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel...

Paul Ryan Is a 'Sore Loser,' Maybe a Liar

Paul Krugman

May 27, 2011 1:55 PM CDT

Paul Ryan Is a 'Sore Loser,' Maybe a Liar

Americans know the truth about his Medicare plan: Paul Krugman

(Newser) - Paul Ryan's Medicare proposal is taking its lumps of late (see here and here ), and the GOP budget wonk is deflecting criticism by accusing "demagogue" Democrats of lying about what his plan would do. Paul Krugman begs to differ: "The reality is that the Ryan plan...

Resolute GOP Stands by Ryan's Medicare Overhaul

May 26, 2011 7:00 AM CDT

Resolute GOP Stands by Ryan's Medicare Overhaul

Despite its divisive nature, Republicans still fighting for Ryan's plan

(Newser) - Despite the five Senate Republicans who voted against Paul Ryan’s Medicare overhaul yesterday, the GOP remains wedded to the divisive, and increasingly unpopular , plan. Rather than back off, Republicans are responding by increasing attacks on the Democrats’ position, the Wall Street Journal reports. "We need to make it...

Paul Ryan Should Rescue Republicans by Running in 2012: Jonah Goldberg

Run, Paul Ryan:
This Is Your Moment

OPINION

May 24, 2011 1:39 PM CDT

Run, Paul Ryan: This Is Your Moment

Jonah Goldberg: Who better to defend his Medicare proposal in 2012 race?

(Newser) - With Mitch Daniels out, the GOP needs a "wonk on a white horse" to save the day and defend the party's vision on entitlement reform and spending cuts, writes Jonah Goldberg. The likeliest candidate should have been Newt Gingrich, but he first attacked Paul Ryan's Medicare plan...

Newt Gingrich
Apologizes
to Paul Ryan

May 17, 2011 6:14 PM CDT

Newt Gingrich Apologizes to Paul Ryan

Former House speaker goes into damage control quickly

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich says he's sorry and sounds like he'd take a do-over if he could. After running into a buzzsaw of GOP criticism for bashing Paul Ryan's budget plan over the weekend, Gingrich personally called the congressman today, reports Politico . “Newt apologized,” says his press...

Medicare Overhaul
Looks Dead This Year

May 5, 2011 7:58 PM CDT

Medicare Overhaul Looks Dead This Year

Republicans backing away from plan for now

(Newser) - After a day of conflicting reports and quotes, this now seems like a safe bet: The Republican plan to overhaul Medicare with a voucher system will be put off until after the 2012 election. Paul Ryan conceded as much even as John Boehner insisted "nothing is off the table....

Cracks Showing in Conservative Front

dana milbank

Apr 23, 2011 10:30 AM CDT

Cracks Showing in Conservative Front

Breitbart, others taking shots at each other now: Dana Milbank

(Newser) - Conservatives rallied behind a unified front for a long time, but the strains are beginning to show, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post . Witness Andrew Breitbart going after Glenn Beck and religious conservatives in the Tea Party; or the dissension in the ranks on the birther movement; or the...

GOP May Want to 'Rustle Up
a Posse' to Draft Paul Ryan

charles krauthammer

Apr 22, 2011 12:00 PM CDT

GOP May Want to 'Rustle Up a Posse' to Draft Paul Ryan

He's a great 'anti-Obama' for 2012: Charles Krauthammer

(Newser) - Charles Krauthammer surveys the GOP's 2012 field and lays down his current odds, with Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty the frontrunners to be nominee at 5-1. He says this is "analysis, not advocacy," but ends with a glowing nod to Paul Ryan, who he thinks could emerge...

Meghan McCain's New BFF:
Donald Trump

interview

Apr 21, 2011 3:26 PM CDT

Meghan McCain's New BFF: Donald Trump

'Will you hire me for your campaign?' she asks; 'I love it!' he responds

(Newser) - Meghan McCain thinks Donald Trump has the charisma so sorely lacking among GOP candidates and could actually win in the same way that Arnold Schwarzenegger did in California, she writes at the Daily Beast . In any event, she pulls off the most entertaining interview of Trump so far, during which...

Democrats Nearly Trick GOP
Into Legislative Blunder

Apr 15, 2011 5:19 PM CDT

Democrats Nearly Trick GOP Into Legislative Blunder

They tried to dupe Republicans into adopting ultra-conservative budget

(Newser) - Democrats tried to pull a fast one today on Republicans on the House floor, reports Talking Points Memo . Before Paul Ryan's budget blueprint passed , a far more conservative offering from the Republican Study Committee came up for a vote, one that called for much deeper cuts in spending and...

GOP Blasts Obama Speech:
'I Missed Lunch for This?'

Apr 13, 2011 4:26 PM CDT

GOP Blasts Obama Speech: 'I Missed Lunch for This?'

Republicans call it a partisan campaign speech

(Newser) - A sampling of Republican reaction to President Obama's budget speech today, from USA Today and Politico :

Paul Ryan: He called it "excessively partisan, dramatically inaccurate, and hopelessly inadequate" in getting the nation's debt under control. It was "a political broadside from our campaigner in chief."
Jeb Hensarling:

...

If Trump Is on Top,
GOP Needs Fresh Blood

nate silver

Apr 13, 2011 2:09 PM CDT

If Trump Is on Top, GOP Needs Fresh Blood

Maybe it's time for Chris Christie or Paul Ryan to take another look: Nate Silver

(Newser) - Attention Chris Christie, or maybe Paul Ryan? Donald Trump's strong showing in recent polls illustrates just how shaky the GOP's 2012 field is, writes Nate Silver at the New York Times . He breaks the candidates into three groups: The Fairfax Five (think establishment candidates) of Romney, Pawlenty, Huntsman, Barbour, and...

Hey, GOP, It's Time to Lower the Drinking Age

OPINION

Apr 13, 2011 12:49 PM CDT

Hey, GOP, It's Time to Lower the Drinking Age

If 18-year-olds can fight, they should be able to drink

(Newser) - Alaska lawmaker Bob Lynn wants to lower the drinking age to 18 for active duty soldiers. “If you get shot at, you can have a shot,” he reasons. It's time to bring down our absurd drinking age as mandated in the 1984 Federal Uniform Drinking Act, argues Glenn...

GOP Is Crazy...
Like a Fox

opinion

Apr 13, 2011 4:43 AM CDT

GOP Is Crazy... Like a Fox

Bachmann can clear the field for traditionalist Republicans: Kornacki

(Newser) - There may be method to the Republican Party's apparent madness, writes Steve Kornacki in Salon . Mouthy scene-stealer Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann seems to be elbowing Sarah Palin out of the limelight, plopping the former Alaska governor at an all-time popularity low, much to the relief of the GOP establishment, says...

Moby Video
Rips Budget

Apr 13, 2011 4:02 AM CDT

Moby Video Rips Budget

Singer plugs 'rolling fast' to protest cuts

(Newser) - Remember when celebrities made videos crowing about politicians? What a difference almost four years makes. Moby has just released a video slamming the new "Republican budget" (hammered out with the White House) featuring the first track from his new album. His song, "The Day," plays over photos...

Where Are the Adults in DC?

NICHOLAS KRISTOF

Apr 10, 2011 7:50 AM CDT

Where Are the Adults in DC?

Both parties are 'incompetent and cowardly,' says Kristof

(Newser) - Both the Democrats and Republicans are acting like squabbling adolescents, slams Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times . "It’s unclear where the adults are, but they don’t seem to be in Washington," he says, adding "it’s painful how vapid the discourse is and how...

GOP in Good Shape
to Take Senate Majority

election 2012

Mar 6, 2011 1:08 PM CST

GOP in Good Shape to Take Senate Majority

Republicans need a net gain of 3 seats, and 5 Dem-held seats are toss-ups

(Newser) - Thanks in part to a rash of Democrats retiring from the Senate , things are looking pretty good for the Republicans in 2012. In the first edition of its 2012 race ratings, The Hill places five seats currently held by Democrats in the “toss-up” column—and Republicans only need a...

Congress Buys GOP's Foam Cups From Ex-Koch Exec

Mar 3, 2011 1:31 PM CST

Congress Buys GOP's Foam Cups From Ex-Koch Exec

But the cafeteria managers, not GOP, chose his company

(Newser) - The GOP's decision to bring back Styrofoam cups to a Capitol cafeteria has been a real boon for an old pal of the seemingly ever-present Koch brothers. The owner of WinCup, the company supplying the Styrofoam cups, is a former Koch Industries exec, the Huffington Post reports. But everybody swears...