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NEWS ABOUT: fiscal conservatives

fiscal conservatives stories: 12 news summaries

Hutchison Kicks Off Bid
for Texas Governor

Texas senator says Rick Perry has had his chance

Aug 17, 09 5:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced her bid for Texas governor today and began a 5-day string of stumping appearances around the state, the Dallas Morning News reports. Talking at her old high school, Hutchison attacked fellow Republican Gov. Rick Perry for allowing property tax rates to rise and for failing... More »

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Republican • Texas • primary • GOP • Rick Perry • fiscal conservatives • economic stimulus package • Kay Bailey Hutchison • gubernatorial races

 Sanford on Planes: 
 'I've Got a Busy Life' 

SC gov defends use of official aircraft

Aug 11, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford defended his personal use of state-owned planes today, arguing that the competing demands of fatherhood and the governor’s office required that he mix business and family travel, the AP reports. "I've got a busy life, and I've tried as best I can to be a reasonable... More »

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South Carolina • air travel • fiscal conservatives • governor • airplane • Mark Sanford

Huckabee's Plan to Revive GOP Doesn't Add Up

Nate Silver shows why party shouldn't play to social conservatives

May 11, 09 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps it's Mike Huckabee's admitted distrust for math, but he's dead wrong about the best strategy to bring back the Republican Party's power, writes Nate Silver on his blog. To make the case that the party shouldn't move to the middle, Huckabee says, "People that are social conservatives are... More »

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GOP • Mike Huckabee • voters • Republican Party • statistics • fiscal conservatives • social conservatives • moderate

OPINION

Calm Down, Government Debt Won't Kill Us


Mar 4, 09 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Republicans have become born-again deficit hawks, decrying the debt President Obama is handing America’s grandkids. “What’s missing,” writes Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post, “is any sense of perspective.” The added $2 trillion pales before the $66 trillion spent annually on Social Security and... More »

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Barack Obama • debt • deficit • national debt • fiscal conservatives • Obama administration • Steven Pearlstein • President Obama

Analysis

Deep-Red Gregg Is a Strange Fit
for Obama

Commerce nom tried to get rid of agency, but is bridge to big business

Feb 4, 09 1:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Judd Gregg is a fairly bizarre choice for commerce secretary, Pete Engardio writes in BusinessWeek, considering the Republican senator once called for the elimination of the Commerce Department. Gregg is a true fiscal conservative, who’s voted against bills to tighten emission standards, raise taxes on gas producers, and negotiate... More »

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Barack Obama • Department of Commerce • fiscal conservatives • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • President Obama • commerce secretary

ANALYSIS

 Ignored Hoosiers May Turn Blue 

Obama is within striking distance in typically Republican Indiana

Oct 20, 08 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indiana has voted Republican 16 times in the past 17 presidential elections, so why is Barack Obama even bothering to run ads and rally? The state that favored George W. Bush over John Kerry 60-39% is showing surprising support for Obama—enough that he could scrape out a win, ... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • GOP • Indiana • fiscal conservatives • social conservatives • voter turnout • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

Cheney Hits Hill to Rally
GOP Support for Bailout

VP 'walking into a firing squad' says one House aide

Sep 23, 08 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney met with House Republicans today to try to shore up support for the administration’s financial bailout plan, Fox News reports. The plan faces considerable opposition from conservatives who are wary of what they see as a “socialist” solution and its huge price tag. "Cheney is... More »

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Dick Cheney • Wall Street • Henry Paulson • shareholders • fiscal conservatives • House Republicans • bailout

 Creamery Biz 
 Milked Subsidies 
 Under Palin 

Case gives ammo to critics of Palin's Alaska spending record

Sep 16, 08 5:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics who say Sarah Palin is not as fiscally conservative as she claims are questioning extended subsidies paid to a state-run creamery, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Alaska Creamery Board recommended closing the operation in 2007 after it fell $1.5 million in the red. Palin instead fired the... More »

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Alaska • dairy • fiscal conservatives • state spending • Sarah Palin • subsidies

 'Obamanomics':
 A Tough Sell
 in America? 

Obama's economics lean left and right, until he talks taxes

Aug 24, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will face a crippled economy if he wins in November, but what fiscal policies will he put to use? “My core economic theory is pragmatism,” says Obama, a liberal who picked up free market notions when teaching at the University of Chicago. His policies on health... More »

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Barack Obama • economics • US economy • fiscal conservatives

Ron Paul Is
Not Alone

Libertarians are on
the rise, aiming to
get government
out of private life

Nov 25, 07 11:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Maverick Texas congressman Ron Paul is riding a surge of Americans on both sides of the political spectrum now calling themselves libertarians. They tend to be fiscally conservative but socially liberal voters turned off by government intrusions, from warrantless wiretapping to broadcast censorship. And their numbers are up to 9%... More »

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Ron Paul • Drew Carey • Markos Moulitsas • Bill Maher • fiscal conservatives • Republican candidate • libertarians • social liberals • Election 2008 • Bill Maher Grid

Dems, GOP Pounce on Bush Over Water Veto

Congress may unite to hand him first override of his presidency

Nov 3, 07 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is gearing up for another battle with Congress, but his latest fray could result in the first overriding of one of his vetoes, the Washington Post reports. His rejection yesterday of the water resources bill, popular with Democrats and Republicans, is a gamble because it may endear him... More »

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Florida • Congress • Hurricane Katrina • Democrats • Republican • Louisiana • veto • Mississippi • Michael Mukasey • fiscal conservatives • Everglades • water resources bill • pork barrel spending • George W. Bush

Alienated Business Voters Ditching GOP

'The party left me' says one; poll, donations show eroding support

Oct 2, 07 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Disappointed fiscal conservatives are less likely than ever to vote Republican, the Wall Street Journal reports, despite the GOP's designation as the pro-business party for more than a century. The Iraq war, ballooning debt, and right-wing social policy have all turned off business leaders—and as fiscal conservatives' support for... More »

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Alan Greenspan • Republican Party • campaign fundraising • Dmeocrats • fiscal conservatives • pro business • Iraq war

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