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Patrick Kennedy Slams Scott Brown

Ted Kennedy's son calls successor's candidacy a 'joke'

(Newser) - Scott Brown sped up his swearing-in because despite having touted his independence during his Senate campaign, "he's in the tank for the Republicans," says Patrick Kennedy, predecessor Ted Kennedy's son. Patrick Kennedy, a Rhode Island congressman, says Brown suddenly demanded to be seated a week earlier than previously...

Obama Must Use 'Shame,' GOP's 'Sketchy Bladders'

Democrats should make GOP pay for being obstructionists

(Newser) - With bipartisanship dead and Republicans in love with the filibuster, Barack Obama has few weapons. Marc Ambinder surveys the landscape and comes up with a measly two—shame and the "sketchy bladders" of old white Republicans. First, Obama must "shame Republicans. Increase the costs of not doing business"...

Bi-Partisan Group Calls for Obama Question Time

President's riveting exchange with GOP should become a regular gig

(Newser) - A diverse group of bloggers, commentators, and political operatives have launched an online campaign to urge President Obama and the Congress to hold regular televised question sessions like the stunningly frank exchange Obama and GOP House members had in Baltimore on Friday. Demand Question Time, which calls for more dialog,...

SC Lt. Gov. Compares Poor People to 'Stray Animals'

Andre Bauer refuses to back off remarks about welfare recipients

(Newser) - Mark Sanford is no longer the most embarrassing politician in South Carolina: His lieutenant governor, Andre Bauer, is in hot water after comparing government assistance for the poor to "feeding stray animals." Said Bauer, who is running to succeed Sanford as governor: "You're facilitating the problem if...

Okay, GOP, Now the Bad News...
 Okay, GOP, Now the Bad News... 
analysis
Jan 22, 2010 10:07 AM CST

Okay, GOP, Now the Bad News...

Voters still don't like you, and you're broke

(Newser) - Put away the champagne, conservatives. Scott Brown’s win was certainly positive, but party insiders still see many obstacles between the GOP and a congressional takeover. One biggie: money. In the House, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has $15 million in the bank, four times the war chest of its...

RNC Plans Watered-Down Purity Test
 RNC Plans 
 Watered-Down Purity Test  
'ACCOUNTABILITY RESOLUTION'
Jan 21, 2010 8:00 PM CST

RNC Plans Watered-Down Purity Test

Measure would only require party-switchers return RNC funds

(Newser) - Though the strict so-called “purity test” will still be on the table at next week’s annual conference of the Republican National Committee, it’ll be on the same ballot as a weaker measure that would merely require candidates to return RNC funds if they switch parties. The same...

Most Americans Want a Do-Over on Health Bill: Poll

Massachusetts election seen as referendum

(Newser) - A majority of Americans think Democrats should start over on health care reform in the wake of Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts. In a USA Today poll with Gallup, 55% said Democrats should consider alternatives to draw more Republican support, while 39% think Congress should move forward with the current...

'Drunk' Voters: What Happened Last Night?
 'Drunk' Voters: 
 What Happened 
 Last Night? 
SEDUCED BY A STRANGER
Jan 20, 2010 4:08 AM CST

'Drunk' Voters: What Happened Last Night?

Who was that handsome man in the barn jacket?

(Newser) - Globe columnist Brian McGrory portrays Massachusetts voters as power-inebriated sots who will have a hell of a hangover today as they realize whose bed they're in. So "drunk on power, so free of any of my usual inhibitions, I can't remember what's gone on," writes McGrory , posing as...

Pol: Anti-Gay Marriage Stance 'Grounded in Prejudice'
Pol: Anti-Gay Marriage Stance 'Grounded in Prejudice'
PROP 8 TRIAL
Jan 19, 2010 8:00 PM CST

Pol: Anti-Gay Marriage Stance 'Grounded in Prejudice'

San Diego mayor outlines his switch on issue

(Newser) - The mayor of San Diego today told the judge hearing the case against California’s gay-marriage ban that he’d changed his stance on the issue because he came to see that “the decisions I made were grounded in prejudice.” Jerry Sanders says becoming a supporter of the...

Arkansas Dem Vic Snyder Won't Run Again

Congressman faced tough challenge in GOP-leaning district

(Newser) - Facing an uphill battle against a Republican challenger, Arkansas Rep. Vic Snyder says he won’t seek an eighth term in November. Snyder, 52, is the 11th House Democrat to retire, Politico reports, and the GOP is mounting a serious challenge to nine of those seats. One recent poll showed...

Scott Brown Pulls Ahead in Mass. Senate Race

Republican leads Martha Coakley 50% to 46%

(Newser) - For the first time in the tumultuous race for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat, Republican Scott Brown has pulled ahead in a major poll, beating Martha Coakley 50% to 46%. While Brown's lead in the Suffolk’s Political Research Center poll is still within the margin of error, it's a stunning...

Republicans Excited by 2010 Recruits

Party boasts diverse crop of candidates, but primaries loom

(Newser) - Republicans have reeled in a diverse and promising assortment of candidates for 2010, lured by the prospect of a “wave” election that will sweep them into power. “We’ve got candidates popping up all over the place,” Mitch McConnell tells the Washington Post , “and candidates that...

Great News for Palin: GOP Poll Snubs Her
 Great News for 
 Palin: GOP Poll 
 Snubs Her 
nate silver
Jan 8, 2010 11:24 AM CST

Great News for Palin: GOP Poll Snubs Her

Not one party leader sees her as the 2012 candidate

(Newser) - In a new survey of 109 Republican movers and shakers, not one named Sarah Palin as the likely presidential nominee in 2012. This is fabulous news for her, writes Nate Silver. After all, "2010/12 is "shaping up to be an anti-establishment cycle," he writes, and if the...

Dems: GOP Are Hypocrites on Health Spending

Same Republicans Supported 2003 Medicare 'Giveaway'

(Newser) - Democrats are calling out Republican opponents of the health care reform bill as hypocrites, pointing out that 24 of them voted for the major Medicare expansion six years ago, when they controlled the Senate, the House, and the White House, that has added tens of billions of dollars to the...

How Republicans Won the Economy Argument
How Republicans Won
the Economy Argument
opinion
Dec 23, 2009 1:53 PM CST

How Republicans Won the Economy Argument

For starters, wrongly blame Obama for unemployment

(Newser) - Republicans have won the political argument over the economy with a "nifty" two-step strategy, writes Jonathan Chait. First, blame President Obama for unemployment by focusing on the simple—make that simplistic—fact that more people are out of work now than when he took office. Second, beat him up...

Reid Won't Get Health Care Vote for Christmas

Unless Ben Nelson and Republicans stop playing Scrooge

(Newser) - All Harry Reid wants for Christmas is a health care reform vote, but he’s more likely to end up with coal. Republicans are pulling out every procedural trick in the book to make sure Democrats miss their self-imposed deadline—yesterday, they forced the Senate clerk to read a 767-page...

This New Poll Should Terrify Democrats
This New Poll Should Terrify Democrats
opinion
Dec 2, 2009 1:30 PM CST

This New Poll Should Terrify Democrats

Almost half say they won't vote next year; but 8 in 10 GOPers will

(Newser) - The enthusiasm gap between angry Republicans and blasé Democrats is ridiculously wide, according to a new poll that ought to scare the bejeezus out of those who color themselves blue. Conducted by the non-partisan firm Research 2000 for the decidedly partisan Daily Kos, the poll asked respondents how likely they...

Left, Right Assail Obama Plan
 Left, Right Assail Obama Plan 
AFGHANISTAN SPEECH REACTION
Dec 1, 2009 9:25 PM CST

Left, Right Assail Obama Plan

GOP faults timetable; Dems fault surge itself

(Newser) - There was a bipartisan show of unity after President Obama’s speech tonight on Afghanistan—though hardly the unity Obama was looking for, as negative reaction echoed from his leftmost supporters to his rightmost critics. The 30,000-troop buildup irked Democrats, the Wall Street Journal reports, despite Obama pairing that...

GOP Purity Test Is a 'Suicide Pact'
 GOP Purity Test 
 Is a 'Suicide Pact' 
kathleen parker
Nov 28, 2009 12:24 PM CST

GOP Purity Test Is a 'Suicide Pact'

Republicans are saying that 'thinking people need not apply'

(Newser) - Just when things start going in Republicans' favor, along comes the idiotic idea of forcing candidates to take a purity test , complains Kathleen Parker. This is no test—it's a "suicide pact." The idea is to withhold party support from candidates who fail to sign on to 10...

Kid Lit Goes Political
 Kid Lit Goes Political 
analysis
Nov 26, 2009 4:33 AM CST

Kid Lit Goes Political

Children's books get hyper-partisan

(Newser) - Hyper-partisan children’s books are on the rise, bringing the culture wars to an age group typically sheltered from political extremes. Katharine DeBrecht's new Help! Mom! Radicals are Ruining My Country!—which lampoons liberals—is but the latest example. While political books for kids are nothing new, “the...

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