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ANALYSIS


 Dems' 2010 
 Prospects 
 Start to Dim 

Economy plagues party whose future looked brighter months ago

Jul 29, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Things looked rosy for the Democrats in January—but amid economic concerns and trouble for party governors, 2010 could be tougher than expected, Politico reports. Midterm elections typically favor the opposition, and “we don’t have the burden of Iraq as we did in 2006 and don’t have... More »

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Democrats • governor • economy • polls • Election 2010 • Republicans • midterm elections



 Meet the 
 Birthers in 
 Congress 

Salon calls out lawmakers reluctant to admit Obama's
a citizen

Jul 28, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The “birther” movement isn’t relegated to backwoods crazies—many members of Congress are perfectly willing to throw fuel on the fire. Salon calls out the Hill’s known birthers:
  • Rep. Bill Posey: Congress’ first birther, the Florida Republican is the sponsor of a bill requiring presidents to
... More »

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Barack Obama • James Inhofe • Richard Shelby • citizen • Republicans • birth certificate • Bill Posey • birther • Dan Burton

(Newser) - Meghan McCain talks to Out.com about her campaign for gay marriage and her role as pseudo-spokeswoman for a new generation of Republicans, and one line is sure to catch a lot of attention: "Joe the Plumber—you can quote me—is a dumbass," she says of the... More »

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gay rights • Meghan McCain • Joe the Plumber • Republicans • Samuel Wurzelbacher

Republicans Don't Want 'Help' From Palin

Lawmakers facing tough 2010 battles think she'd hurt them

Jul 10, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin may not spend much of her newfound free time campaigning: Many GOP lawmakers facing tough 2010 contests don't want to be associated with the soon-to-be-ex-governor, who they fear will galvanize liberals, the Hill reports. One anonymous Republican said that if Palin came to his district, his opponent would... More »

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Alaska • resignation • Charles Grassley • campaign fundraising • House Republicans • Sarah Palin • fundraising • Election 2010 • Republicans • Republican governor

SC Republicans Vote to Slap Sanford's Wrist

Toothless resolution indicates gov is likely
to keep his job

Jul 7, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina Republicans voted to censure Gov. Mark Sanford last night, but since they didn’t call for his head, he’s likely to keep it, Politico reports. They chided Sanford for failing to adhere to the “core principles and beliefs” of the party, but said that “barring... More »

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South Carolina • affair • censure • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Republicans

Scandal Dogs Family Values Republicans

Sanford, Ensign aren't the only 1994 GOP frosh with marital woes

Jul 2, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apart from the sex scandals, what do John Ensign and Mark Sanford have in common? They’re both members of the much-hyped GOP House class of 1994, Politico observes. Those Republican revolutionaries swept into Washington promising a focus on family values, but 14 years later, no fewer than a dozen... More »

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Newt Gingrich • sex scandal • family values • John Ensign • Mark Sanford • Republicans • Pat Schroeder

Sanford Scandal Divides SC
Republicans

Controversial lieutenant gov would get office, jump on 2010 race

Jun 29, 09 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Term limits mean Mark Sanford must leave the South Carolina governor's office in 2010, and some state Republicans are hoping he doesn't go anywhere before then, Politico reports. They may be unhappy with his recent conduct, but should he resign, the office would go to a lieutenant governor who’s... More »

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primary • campaign • governor • political scandal • lieutenant governor • Mark Sanford • Election 2010 • Republicans • Andre Bauer

Maryland GOP Group Likens Obama to Hitler 

Says prez is using 'carpet bombing' to defeat enemies

Jun 24, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The leader of a prominent Maryland Republican group is comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler, apparently with a straight face, in a letter on its website, ThinkProgress reports. “Obama and Hitler have a great deal in common in my view,” writes the president of Republican Women of Anne... More »

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Maryland • Adolf Hitler • President Obama • Republicans

ANALYSIS

The GOP 
Needs More Sarah Palins

Lack of high-profile women hampers credibility on Sotomayor

Jun 5, 09 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, something has been missing from the ranks of her GOP detractors: women. The departure of Sarah Palin and President Bush’s estrogen-packed Cabinet from the national spotlight has exposed the dearth of Republican women, David Bernstein writes for the Boston Phoenix.... More »

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Bush administration • Democrats • women • GOP • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • Republicans

analysis

 Coleman 
 May Have 
 Shot as
 Governor 

Newser Newsroom 2.11.1

Jun 3, 09 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - As if Minnesota politics needed another twist: Tim Pawlenty's announcement that he won't seek a third term as governor has all eyes on Norm Coleman as a potential successor, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Because he's still locked in a legal fight with Al Franken over a Senate seat, Coleman... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • governor • Republicans

OPINION

Noonan: Time for Republicans to Grow Up

Sotomayor hearings
a time for debate, not attacks by 'idiots'

May 29, 09 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings are coming up, and Peggy Noonan has some advice for Republicans: play grown-up. “Some, and they are idiots, look at Judge Sotomayor and say: attack, attack, kill,” she writes in the Wall Street Journal. One told her the fight would excite the... More »

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confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Peggy Noonan • Republicans • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - The verbal war between Rush Limbaugh and Colin Powell has actually ticked up a notch. On his show today, Limbaugh resigned as “the titular head of the Republican Party” and sarcastically appointed Powell in his place, reports Media Matters. He blasted Powell as a representative of the “worn-out... More »

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Dick Cheney • politics • Rush Limbaugh • GOP • Colin Powell • Republicans

Specter Backs
Pelosi in CIA Torture Flap

Cites agency's 'very
bad record' on honesty, chides GOP for 'games'

May 20, 09 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arlen Specter defended Nancy Pelosi today against the CIA and former GOP colleagues he says are making a “political game” out of the interrogation debacle. “The CIA has a very bad record when it comes to honesty,” the Senate’s newest Democrat said. Specter charged that the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • CIA • Democrats • Arlen Specter • waterboarding • Republicans • enhanced interrogation techniques

GOP: Dems Buddying Up to Big Business

Irony-proof party employs new strategy to battle climate bill

May 20, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Republicans are turning the tables on Democrats as the GOP battles a bill to fight climate change, Politico reports. A strategy memo says Republicans should paint the opposition as the party of big business, suggesting Dems are cozying up to “Wall Street traders,” “polluters,” and... More »

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climate change • environment • Democrats • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • corporate America • big business • Republicans

Poll: GOP Support Down Across Demographic Groups

GOP backing has shriveled since 2001 among all but weekly churchgoers

May 19, 09 2:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP has failed to gain followers in any demographic group since 2001, and support has shrunk among all groups except frequent churchgoers, according to the latest Gallup figures. The biggest drop in support —down 10%—was among college grads. But the percentage of respondents calling themselves Republicans was... More »

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GOP • poll • Republican Party • Gallup poll • supporters • decline • Republicans

 Latino Disconnect Worries GOP 

But little action taken to staunch the flow

May 18, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Republican Party is facing falling Latino support, but little is being done to reverse the trend, Politico reports. Some Latinos have been disillusioned by Republican rhetoric on illegal immigration, attacks some heard as swipes at Hispanics themselves. “If we don’t figure out a way to open our... More »

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immigration • Latino voters • Latinos • the Hispanic vote • George W. Bush • Hispanics • Republicans

OPINION

Abortion 'Purity Test' Is New to Republicans

Not even 'conservative issue' for older generation: Goodman

May 15, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Abortion has become “the purity test for remaining in the GOP’s inner circle,” writes Ellen Goodman in the Boston Globe: The Republican Party is shedding and shunning abortion-rights supporters it once called its own. But it wasn’t always that way—even “Mr. Conservative” Barry Goldwater... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • Arlen Specter • Barry Goldwater • pro life • pro choice • Colin Powell • conservatism • conservatives • Republicans

 Right-Wing Radio Host 
 Calls Maddow 'Little Boy' 

Andrew Wilkow also attacks Perez Hilton

May 15, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A right-wing radio host's rant on Tuesday got nasty—even for talk radio. Andrew Wilkow of Sirius/XM, filling in on the syndicated "Mark Levin Show," called MSNBC's Rachel Maddow a "nice little boy" and Perez Hilton a "vile sodomite," Salon reports. "It just sounds... More »

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satellite radio • Democrats • Sirius • talk radio • conservative • Rahm Emanuel • Perez Hilton • Rachel Maddow • Republicans • Andrew Wilkow • Mark Levin

Cheney: Jeb Would Be a
Fine President

Another Bush in
White House? Fine idea, says former VP

May 12, 09 7:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney isn't happy that he and George W. Bush aren't running the world anymore, so he'll settle for the next best thing—stick Jeb Bush in the White House. “I think he's a good man," Cheney told Neil Cavuto of Fox. "I'd probably support him... More »

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Dick Cheney • vice president • Jeb Bush • Republicans

Film Outs Pols, Draws Fire From All Sides

Documentary that targets Crist has even gay groups worried

May 8, 09 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Outrage isn’t a conventional summer blockbuster, but its central aim will surely prove explosive: outing prominent politicians who have opposed gay causes. “It’s the responsibility of journalists and filmmakers to report on hypocrisy wherever they see it,” director Kirby Dick told the San Francisco Chronicle. His... More »

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entertainment • homophobia • GOP • Charlie Crist • Ed Koch • homosexual • Republicans • politicians • Kirby Dick

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