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THE UNEMPLOYED

 Is Palin Seeking 
 Job on LinkedIn? 




Poster's also open to 'business deals'

Oct 19, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Guess who's joined LinkedIn and is eager for gainful employment? A poster identified as always-surprising GOP rogue Sarah Palin is actively seeking "job inquiries" on the Internet network for professionals. Anyone interested can peruse the posted resume, which touts "Governor, State of Alaska" as the most recent gig.... More »

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Internet • politics • cyberpolitics • GOP • LinkedIn • job market • Sarah Palin • Republicans

Flood of Bush Memoirs
May Trip Up GOP

Six administration figures to release books before midterm elections

Oct 14, 09 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 2010 elections offer Republicans the first chance in a long time to run without the handicap of the unpopular Bush administration. Or not. Bush may be out of office, but the period between now and next November could see the release of five Bush-era memoirs—from Hank Paulson, Laura... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • memoir • George W. Bush • Obama administration • Republicans

(Newser) - Michael Steele and Rush Limbaugh quickly heaped scorn on President Obama's Nobel win yesterday morning, but criticism from the rest of the GOP has been notably lacking since. Nothing from Palin, Newt, Romney, et al., perhaps taking Mike Huckabee's advice to heart about "right-wing whining" on the subject. Tim... More »

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Mike Huckabee • Nobel Peace Prize • President Obama • Republicans

opinion

Republicans Can Retake House in a 2010 'Landslide'

If trends continue, Republicans could gain 40 seats

Oct 3, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Barnes surveys the political landscape and sees the possibility of Republicans gaining up to 40 House seats—and thus regaining control of the chamber—in the 2010 elections. "A landslide of that dimension is quite possible," he writes. Democrats have time to reverse the trend, but they're... More »

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Congress • Senate • House of Representatives • independent voters • conservatives • opinion polls • 2010 election • President Obama • Republicans

 Outside DC, Palin's Still a Star 

VP candidate popular, but she may have goofed with resignation

Sep 29, 09 5:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Call her a quitter or a laughingstock, but Sarah Palin is still one of the most popular figures in the Republican Party—as admired by local leaders as she is doubted in Washington. A Politico survey of grassroots GOP members nationwide found particular support for her among Westerners, many of... More »

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Republican Party • grassroots • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012 • Republicans

 How the Crazies Took Over 

Birthers, Limbaugh, Beck fill vacuum as Obama tries to stay above the fray

Sep 21, 09 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - As recently as this spring, the Tea Party movement seemed anemic and wonky. But in the months that followed, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and others whipped the right-wing fringe into such a frenzy that a “separate reality grew like a second head on the American polity,” Philip Weiss... More »

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Barack Obama • RNC • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Republican Party • Glenn Beck • right-wing media • conservative base • right-wing attacks • Obama administration • Republicans • right-wing extremism • birther • World Net Daily

OPINION

Sorry, Jimmy: Race Ain't the Only Card in
the Deck

Obama anger not just about skin color: Rich

Sep 20, 09 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter and other Obama defenders playing the race card must remember that it’s just one in a deck that’s driving the I’ve-had-it-up-to-here rhetoric of Joe Wilson and Glenn Beck, Frank Rich writes in the New York Times. “There is a national conversation we must have... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Jimmy Carter • Washington • anger • Glenn Beck • Republicans • Joe Wilson

Wilson YouTube Video Sparks $200K Haul

But 'You lie' rep's
foe raises $750K,
leads in poll

Sep 11, 09 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Wilson has raised more than $200,000 since he shouted "you lie" during President Obama's speech Wednesday—but his Democratic opponent has pulled in more than three times as much, CNN reports. Even worse for the Republican, opponent Rob Miller leads the incumbent, 44%-43%, in a poll conducted... More »

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South Carolina • House of Representatives • US Congress • Election 2008 • President Obama • Election 2010 • Republicans • heckling • Joe Wilson • Rob Miller

Republican Rep. Joe Wilson
Heckles Obama: You Lie!

Congressman heckles president on claim about illegal immigrants

Sep 9, 09 8:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man who yelled “You lie!” in response to President Obama’s claim that his health-reform plan won’t include illegal immigrants was South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson, Politico reports. “There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too,... More »

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health care reform • speech • hecklers • President Obama • Republicans • Congressional Republicans • Joe Wilson

 Dems' Colo. Dream Win 
 Begins to Look Shaky 

Anxiety over recession, deficit quiets Obama supporters

Sep 5, 09 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats won a huge symbolic victory by winning over conservative Colorado in last year's elections, but nervous state voters may be yearning for the GOP again, the Washington Post reports. Strategists are feeling it on the ground and incumbents in the halls of power: President Obama's supporters have grown quiet... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Colorado • Gov. Bill Ritter • Michael Bennet • Republicans

Red Sox Hero Schilling Won't Nix Run for Kennedy Seat

Retired pitcher has been vocal Republican supporter in recent elections

Sep 2, 09 7:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Curt Schilling, the volubly Republican All-Star pitcher who helped the Boston Red Sox end their 86-year World Series drought, has “been contacted” about a run to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, he tells NECN. “I do have some interest in the possibility,” Schilling, 42, writes on... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Curt Schilling • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • blue states • Senate seat • Republicans

 Why So Many Football  
 Coaches Love the GOP 

Gave big bucks to McCain team last election—and little to Obama

Sep 2, 09 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though Obama outraised McCain 5-1, 20 college and NFL head coaches gave to Republication candidates in 2008—and only 3 gave to Democrats. One coach led the Pledge of Allegiance at a Sarah Palin rally; another spoke at the GOP convention. The scales are clearly tipped to the right, reports... More »

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NFL • Republican • politics • GOP • football • coach • Republicans • college football

analysis

Republicans Gain Ground in Senate Races

Latest trends show even Reid, Spector, Dodd in trouble: Silver

Aug 24, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Things are looking brighter for Republicans in the Senate, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. In his monthly ranking of which seats are most likely to switch parties in 2010, Republicans have made a big move. Of the 10 seats that look more likely to switch hands, seven favor Republicans.... More »

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Senate • New Hampshire • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • Nevada • Roy Blunt • US Senate • 2010 election • Nate Silver • Republicans • Kelly Ayotte

(Newser) - Bill Kristol says Republicans and conservatives should be bursting with pride at how they've handled themselves as the opposition. They have been "impressive," "principled," and "savvy and sensible," he writes in the Weekly Standard. Among other things, he gives a pat on the back... More »

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conservatives • President Obama • Republicans

(Newser) - Only a week ago, it seemed that conservatives had all the momentum in the fight against health care reform. Now, it's clear "they ramped up too quickly," writes Marc Ambinder in the Atlantic. The first town hall activists were "itching for a fight," and "the... More »

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health care costs • health care reform • town hall meeting • Blue Dog Democrats • Republicans

(Newser) - The list of Republican presidential hopefuls just keeps getting longer. Former Sen. Rick Santorum will make the first of several scheduled trips to Iowa in October, reports Politico. The conservative Santorum, of course, isn't explicitly calling it a scouting trip for 2012, but he acknowledged he wants a bigger role... More »

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Iowa • GOP • conservative • Rick Santorum • Republicans

OPINION

GOP Health Care 'Victory' Would Be Disastrous

Frum scolds fellow GOPers for seeking 'triumph of inertia'

Aug 9, 09 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Republicans topple Barack Obama’s attempts to reform health care, they will have reason to celebrate—if they like plummeting wages, skyrocketing Medicaid and Medicare costs, and angry entrepreneurs, David Frum writes for New Majority, scolding fellow conservatives for naysaying reform. “We’ll have entrenched and perpetuated some... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • GOP • health care reform • conservatives • David Frum • Republicans

(Newser) - So now Sarah Palin alleges that President Obama's "death panels" might have killed Trig had they been in place. "Where to start?" wonders Joan Walsh in Salon. "Palin's entire statement is so ignorant, so bollixed rhetorically and morally, it hurts to read it." Most "health... More »

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health care reform • Sarah Palin • conservatives • Trig Palin • President Obama • Republicans • women's issues • deathers

OPINION

Southern Rednecks Killing GOP: Parker

Is it any surprise that birthers are common down there?

Aug 5, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Asked recently what was wrong with his party, Ohio Sen. George Voinovich didn’t hold back. “It’s the Southerners,” he said. “They get on TV and go ‘errrr, errrr.’ People hear them and say, ‘These people are Southerners.’” No one’s... More »

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George Voinovich • right wingers • Southerners • South • Kathleen Parker • Republicans • birther

(Newser) - As unbelievable as this sounds, given the huge crowds Barack Obama was able to drum up not so long ago, the Democrats could be losing the enthusiasm wars, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. A new poll from Virginia shows that in its upcoming gubernatorial race, 52% of voters will... More »

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health care • Democrats • Virginia • poll numbers • party identification • Nate Silver • Republicans

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