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 Dems Use Nukes to 
 Lure GOP to Climate Bill 

Plants, drilling offered as sweetener for cap-and-trade

Nov 2, 09 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The climate change bill up for Senate committee debate tomorrow doesn't stand a chance unless its Democratic backers can sweet talk some of their GOP colleagues, the Washington Post reports. The legislation focuses on a cap-and-trade system where companies could buy and sell emissions permits as needed. But Republican support... More »

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climate change • environment • Democrats • nuclear power • cap and trade • Senate • Lindsey Graham • emissions standards • Lisa Murkowski • Republicans

Analysis

 Climate Bill's 
 Best Hope? 
 Drill, Baby, 
 Drill 

Kerry/Graham compromise could pick up 2-4 votes

Oct 14, 09 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The new climate bill introduced with some fanfare by John Kerry and Lindsey Graham actually has a fighting chance of getting through the Senate, thanks to its offshore drilling provision. Despite Democrats’ supermajority, cap-and-trade legislation probably only had between 52 and 55 votes before this. But this bill, which also... More »

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climate change • John Kerry • Lindsey Graham • Mark Begich • Nate Silver • Lisa Murkowski • offshore drilling • George LeMieux

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Teabaggers Turn on Graham

GOP senator pilloried for op-ed with John Kerry on dangers of climate change

Oct 14, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Lindsey Graham drew the ire of teabaggers at a town hall yesterday for colluding with John Kerry on climate legislation. Angry protesters called the South Carolina Republican a “traitor” who made a “pact with the devil” by “going to bed” with the Massachusetts Dem in an... More »

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climate change • John Kerry • Lindsey Graham • town hall meeting • climate change legislation • carbon emissions • bipartisan • Tea Party • teabaggers

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 GOP to Obama: 
 Give McChrystal 
 His Troops 

McCain: Not granting request 'would be an error of historic proportions'

Oct 11, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghanistan was the name of the game on the talk shows today, with John McCain pointedly warning President Obama on State of the Union that sending Gen. Stanley McChrystal anything less than the 40,000 troops he's requested "would be an error of historic proportions." Lindsey Graham chimed... More »

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Afghanistan • John McCain • Lindsey Graham • Stanley McChrystal • Fox News Sunday • Sunday morning talk shows • Anita Dunn

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 Iraq Hawks Are 
 Just as Wrong 
 on Afghanistan 

Why is anyone still listening to McCain, Lieberman, and Graham?

Oct 11, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Three Amigos who pushed the invasion of Iraq are at it again, now claiming that we must escalate the war in Afghanistan if we want to avoid another 9/11—the same claim they used before to urge us to take on Iraq in 2003, Frank Rich writes. Rich finds... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Lieberman • Lindsey Graham • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan election

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 Jones: 
 Afghan Troop 
 Level Is 'Robust'

Says situation 'much more complex than just about 'X' more troops'

Oct 4, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - As debate about Afghan policy rages, President Obama's national security adviser took to the airwaves today, telling CNN that the US troop presence there is "robust" and emphasizing that the situation hinged on more than sheer numbers. Although Afghanistan's disputed election was destined to be "imperfect," Gen.... More »

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Afghanistan • Iran • James Jones • Lindsey Graham • Susan Rice • Anthony Zinni

ANALYSIS

Unbowed by Loss, McCain Fights for Moderate GOP

Senator fills leadership void with donations, endorsements, advice

Oct 2, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Less than a year ago John McCain still hoped to be president, but the Arizona senator has a new mission now: reshaping the Republican Party around his own brand of moderate, pragmatic conservatism. While previous unsuccessful candidates for the top job have withdrawn after defeat, McCain is offering endorsements to... More »

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John McCain • Senate • Republican Party • Lindsey Graham • Republican candidate • endorsement • political endorsement • Mark Kirk

 Obama May Need GOP 
 to Send More Troops 

Democrats uneasy about Afghan buildup

Oct 1, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - If President Obama decides to go along with Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s request for 40,000 more troops in Afghanistan, he’s probably going to need Republican help to do it. Democrats are increasingly opposed to the buildup, with party leaders telling the Washington Post they worry that more... More »

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Afghanistan • Lindsey Graham • troop levels • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Stanley McChrystal

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 Wilson: 'I Am 
 Not Going to 
 Apologize 
 Again' 

Gibbs denies Obama opposition motivated by race

Sep 13, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Responding to threats by Democrats demanding he apologize to President Obama on the House floor, Rep. Joe Wilson was adamant today: “I am not going to apologize again.” The South Carolina Republican told Fox News Sunday, “I apologized to the president on Wednesday night. I believe... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Congress • race • Claire McCaskill • Maureen Dowd • Lindsey Graham • Joe Wilson

(Newser) - Senate Republicans locked arms against Sonia Sotomayor yesterday … or would have, if they’d bothered to stay for the Judiciary Committee’s vote. Instead, half ducked out, leaving Jeff Sessions to repeat “No by proxy,” over and over, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post. It was... More »

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Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Senate Judiciary Committee • Jeff Sessions • partisanship • Orrin Hatch • Charles Grassley • Senate confirmation hearings • Lindsey Graham • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Dana Milbank • Sonia Sotomayor

(AP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. The committee voted 13-6 this morning to send Sotomayor's nomination to the full Senate, where she's expected to be confirmed easily next week. Just one Republican, South Carolina's Lindsey Graham,... More »

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Senate • Senate Judiciary Committee • Senate confirmation hearings • Lindsey Graham • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

Interview

Graham Blasts GOP's 'Blind Ideology'

Republican embraces bipartisanship on Sotomayor nomination

Jul 24, 09 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsey Graham’s been on the Republican hot seat since throwing his support behind Sonia Sotomayor, but he doesn’t think much of the purity police attacking him. “I have no desire to be up here in an irrelevant status,” the senior senator from South Carolina tells Politico.... More »

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South Carolina • Senate Judiciary Committee • Senate Republicans • Senate confirmation hearings • Lindsey Graham • US Supreme Court • interview • Sonia Sotomayor


 Graham: 
 I'll Vote for 
 Sotomayor 

'I feel this is the right vote for me, and quite frankly, for the country,' Graham said

Jul 22, 09 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsey Graham intends to vote for Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, Talking Points Memo reports. "I believe she is well qualified,” said the senator, one of her more aggressive questioners. "She's definitely more liberal than a Republican would have chosen, but I do believe... More »

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Barack Obama • Republican • Lindsey Graham • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice

ANALYSIS

GOP Attacks on 'Empathy' During Hearings' First Day

Republicans stake out a position against judicial 'empathy'

Jul 13, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Republicans unlikely to be able to block Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation, it seems they’ve settled for drawing a stark contrast between President Obama’s philosophy of law and their own, writes Andrew Cohen for CBS News. During statements today, GOP senators repeatedly attacked Obama’s comments that “... More »

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Republican • empathy • Lindsey Graham • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice

(Newser) - After listening to senators air their issues for most of the day,  Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor finally got the microphone at the end of her confirmation hearing today, telling senators she would serve the “larger interest of impartial justice," the AP reports. Sotomayor also took an... More »

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justice • judge • Senate confirmation hearings • Lindsey Graham • nominee • US Supreme Court • Obama administration • Sonia Sotomayor

Detainees, Once Acquitted, May Still Die at Gitmo

Like Bush, Obama administration argues for indefinite detention

Jul 8, 09 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Detainees held at Guantanamo Bay and other military prisons may not be freed even if a US commission acquits them of all charges, an Obama administration official testified yesterday. The Defense Department rep told a Senate committee that detainees would be assessed on an individual basis and that prisoners might... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Lindsey Graham • Senate Armed Services Committee • detainees • military commissions • war powers • Obama administration • indefinite detention

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Graham: 
 Sotomayor 
 Thinks She's 
 Superior 

Senate Republicans air grievances against top court pick

May 31, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich have had their say, and today, the senators who will vote on Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation weighed in, Politico reports:
  • On Fox News Sunday, Lindsey Graham demanded Sotomayor apologize for her “wise Latina” comment, saying the judge thinks she’s superior to people
... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Charles Schumer • Rush Limbaugh • Mitch McConnell • Lindsey Graham • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sonia Sotomayor

Courts Unlikely to Block Release of Torture Pics

White House has slim hopes for appeal, may look to Congress

May 14, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has said he wants to prevent the publication of photos depicting abuse of  detainees, but legal experts say the White House has an uphill battle in reversing the court decision to release them. The administration thinks that the Bush-era lawyers did not make a sufficiently strong case in... More »

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Barack Obama • torture • Freedom of Information Act • Joe Lieberman • abuse • detainee • photograph • Lindsey Graham • civil lawsuits • Obama administration

analysis

Anti-Torture Memo May Embarrass Bush Camp


May 13, 09 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Probably the most newsworthy item out of today’s Senate hearing into alleged torture techniques is that a memo written by a former State Department counselor who questioned their legality has been located and may be released, writes Zachary Roth for Talking Points Memo. Philip Zelikow’s memo, which he... More »

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Congress • torture • Senate • Lindsey Graham • Sheldon Whitehouse • harsh interrogation

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Stimulus Will Hit Fast: Axelrod

Obama aide defends Geithner; Graham: country 'screwed' if this is bipartisanship

Feb 15, 09 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Calling Tim Geithner’s economic rescue plan “a very thoughtful strategy,” David Axelrod said the economic stimulus will be felt soon and defended the treasury secretary today on NBC’s Meet the Press. President Obama’s senior adviser said Wall Street’s expectations were unrealistic and that the... More »

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John McCain • Dick Cheney • terrorism • talk show • Lindsey Graham • Meet the Press • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • David Axelrod • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner • This Week

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