Obamaland is crumbling.
Democrats have firmly controlled Illinois, the presidents home state, for nearly a decade, turning it into what one Republican called a deep blue state.� But this has changed almost overnight.
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/self-destruction-illinois
FBI investigation notes reveal ACORN was working for the Democratic Party and told employees not to talk to the FBI, to cause confusion on Election Day and to go "poverty pimpin" for votes.
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=164621
A Virginia-based insurance company says "considerable uncertainties" created by the Democrats' health care overhaul will force it to close its doors by the end of the year.
Speaking at The Monitor Breakfast, Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) criticizes President Obama's handling of the Gulf oil spill and asks whether it poses a 'serious, long term problem' for Democrats.
The Democrats regulatory reform bill may not be a hit with Wall Street, but its been very, very good to K Street.
According to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity, 850 businesses, trade groups and other corporate interests have hired more than 3,000 lobbyists to shape the bill � roughly five lobbyists for each member of Congress.
Democrats' move to increase the liability cap for oil spills to $10 billion is blocked by Republican Sen.
James M. Inhofe. "Big Oil would love to have these caps there so they can shut out all the independents," he said, echoing the argument of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who halted an identical move last week.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100519,0,1169385.story
Republicans have an opportunity to stand on the side of small businesses and community banks and take the high road.
Whether Wall Street colossus Goldman Sachs has committed a crime remains to be seen, but the investigation may well uncover the environmental lobby and its public figurehead.
The SEC civil charges against Goldman Sachs challenge a firm with ties to many Democrats, including Al Gore.
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http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/will-obamas-goldman-sachs-attack-expose-al-gore-or-other-dems/
It's frustrating that a law this sweeping was swept under the Obamacare rug.
The Senate never introduced a student loan reform bill. It never held a hearing. And proposed changes to the student loan program were never even considered by lawmakers at the committee level. If the tables were turned, Democrats would be crying foul and demanding an eth
It perhaps was not the endorsement President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress were looking for.Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Thursday declared passage of American health care reform "a miracle" and a major victory for Obama's presidency, but couldn't help chide the United States for taking so long to enact what communist...
Even as a House Democratic leader admitted that Democrats are still lacking votes, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs proclaimed on CBS' "Face the Nation" that "this is the week" that the House will pass the Senate's health-care reform bill.
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/gibbs-this-is-the-week-that-he.html
Scott Brown--the new star Republican Senator--was accused of harassing a female campaign worker in 1998.
Did the Democrats blow an opportunity to keep their 60th Senate seat?
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http://gawker.com/5489364/the-scandalous-scott-brown-lawsuit-that-no-one-told-you-about
If Democrats didn't have all the incentive they needed to pass health care reform already, then conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh may have provided the final push they needed by vowing to flee the country if the reform bill is passed.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/limbaugh-ill-leave-us-if_n_491536.html
Sen.
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced on Friday afternoon that he would work with other Democrats and the White House to pass a public option through reconciliation if that's the legislative path the party chooses.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/19/reid-will-push-for-public_n_469483.html
Yes, Former VP to Bush 41, Dan Quayle.
It's either really sad that the GOP is tapping him to warn the Democrats away from reconciliation, or they're just picking up old names out of a hat to flood the airwaves as usual.
In snowy Washington, two Democrats joined all Republicans to block the nomination of Craig Becker to sit on the National Labor Relations Board from moving forward with a vote tally of 52-33.
With 15 Senators missing, the vote tally fell eight votes short of the 60 necessary to pass.....
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http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/02/09/national-labor-relations-board-nominee-blocked-in-the-senate/
It is imperative for the country, the economy, the party, and the Obama presidency that Democrats resist the temptation to let this rare opportunity slip by.
The most effective path forward is also the most obvious . . .
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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1001w.benen.html
The habitually ill-tempered Keith Olbermann was more splenetic than ever, excoriating Mr.
Brown as "an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex nude model, tea bagging, supporter of violence against women, and against politicians with whom he disagrees. In any other time in our history, this man would have been laughed off the stage."
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.smith0121,0,7344748.column
In an explosive interview, progressive champion Dennis Kucinich eviscerates Obama and Democrats for failing the American people on their promises of change.
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http://rawstory.com/2009/2010/01/exclusive-kucinich-shreds-democrats/
Even if Democrats lose the special
election to pick a new Massachusetts senator Tuesday, Congress
may still pass health-care overhaul through a process called
reconciliation, a top House Democrat said.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aPg2UfFaCh9c&pos=9
