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NEWS ABOUT: Grover Norquist

Grover Norquist stories: 10 news summaries
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Ralph Nader Pens Odd Utopian Novel

Super-rich save the world in 736-page 'fictional vision'

Sep 21, 09 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate and sometime presidential candidate, has written his first novel, the New Yorker reports. Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!, out tomorrow, is a “practical utopia” in which real-life characters undertake a fictional quest to—progressively—save the country. Over the course of its... More »

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entertainment • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Warren Buffett • fiction • literature • publishing • Grover Norquist • Barry Diller • Ralph Nader • Barnes & Noble • Warren Beatty • Ted Turner

ANALYSIS

McConnell Keeps Low Profile
in Health Debate

Conservative critics think Minority Leader should be fighting administration harder

Sep 8, 09 10:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why haven’t we heard more from Mitch McConnell on health care? The Senate Minority Leader has kept relatively quiet on the administration’s reform efforts, a stance that has irked many conservative activists who feel McConnell is ducking his duties as de facto Republican Party leader, writes Stephanie Mencimer... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Republican • Senate • Harry Reid • GOP • Mitch McConnell • health care reform • Grover Norquist • Obama administration • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor • Randall Terry • Erick Erickson • Red State

ANALYSIS

 Twitchy GOP 
 Absorbs Yet 
 Another Scandal 

From Sanford to Ensign, Republican leaders are falling down

Jun 25, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford caused the GOP enough of a headache when he disappeared—but coming back to South Carolina only made it worse. The second Republican sex scandal in a week has left party leaders angry and exhausted, reports the New York Times, and has them wondering whether they can mount... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • sex scandal • Republican Party • Bobby Jindal • John Ensign • Grover Norquist • political scandal • Sarah Palin • Mark Sanford • Election 2012

OPINION

 Obama, Biden Earn A-Minuses 

Pundits offer wide-ranging report card

Apr 29, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - On President Obama’s 100th day in office, Mark Halperin of Time provides a White House report card:
  • Barack Obama: A-. “Instantly comfortable and highly skilled at the hardest job in the world.”
  • Joe Biden: A-: Operates "precisely in the manner he and
... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • media • Michelle Obama • pundits • Grover Norquist • grades • Obama administration • analyst • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Jonathan Alter • 100 days • Marcy Wheeler

Republicans Hope for 1994 All Over Again

But Dems are in a
better position than
they were under Clinton

Feb 23, 09 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is banking on change, but Republicans are betting things haven’t changed much at all. They’re hoping to bounce back from the political wasteland using the same playbook that swept them into power in 1994, Jeanne Cummings writes in Politico. The strategy: Unite against Democrats' economic policy,... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • health insurance • Bill Clinton • health care reform • Grover Norquist • economic stimulus package • political strategy • Republicans

 Lobbyist on Obama: 
 'Kerry With a Tan' 

Blogger: Yes, anti-tax activist goes there

Jun 27, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist visited the LA Times Washington bureau today and left behind more than a few raised eyebrows, if not dropped jaws. In evaluating Barack Obama's economic policies, the head of Americans for Tax Reform referred to the senator as "John Kerry with a tan." Don... More »

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Barack Obama • John Kerry • Grover Norquist

 Condi Debunks Veep Rumors 

She's 'last to know about it,' quips aide

Apr 8, 08 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has once again quashed speculation that she is seeking the vice presidential nomination as John McCain's running mate, reports the Washington Post. A McCain-Rice ticket would satisfy many of McCain's conservative critics and represent a formidable challenge to a Dem ticket headed by a woman... More »

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John McCain • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Stanford University • vice president • foreign policy • Grover Norquist • Iraq war • Fitness magazine

Conservatives Warm to McCain

Leaders aren't crazy about his politics, but they like his chances to win White House

Feb 11, 08 6:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Conservative leaders have a bracing message for voters leery of John McCain: he can win in November. Politico interviews with more than a dozen over this weekend's conservative powow in DC finds them approving of McCain's distance from Bush, which they see winning over voters who want change. “The... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democrats • Republican • GOP • conservative • Grover Norquist

Can the Right Grin and
Bear Him?

Some conservatives
forgive McCain's flaws, but haters hold out

Feb 1, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - As John McCain assumes the GOP frontrunner position, can right-wingers look past the maverick's previously unacceptable positions on immigration, gay marriage, campaign finance, tax cuts, and global warming?Some of them are warming up in a hurry, reports the New York Times. “He has moved in the right direction strongly... More »

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John McCain • Rush Limbaugh • James Dobson • conservative • Grover Norquist

Top Policy
Dog Steers
Rudy Right

Bill Simon hosts crash course to earn Giuliani conservative cred

Oct 26, 07 9:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Giuliani is going to "Simon University," where think tank types school him to be a hawk and a tax-cutter, the Washington Post reports. Bill Simon hosts, teaching Giuliani how to think conservative heartland instead of New York elite. Simon, Giuliani's policy director, "has the added advantage of... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • California • think tank • Bill Simon • Grover Norquist • George W. Bush

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