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(Newser) - Dick Cheney covered the usual ground during a radio interview today—telling Republicans to resist the urge to become moderate and defending the Bush administration—and also said it's time for longtime party vets like himself to step aside, Politico reports. "It helps clear away some of the underbrush,... More »

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Dick Cheney • GOP • vice president • Republicans

 Specter: I'll 
 Filibuster the 
 Dems If Needed 

Former Republican says GOP let him down

May 3, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arlen Specter may be a Democrat now, but the erstwhile Republican senator says he’s not afraid to use the F-word: filibuster, Politico reports. Specter told NBC’s Meet the Press he hasn’t promised to be “a loyal Democrat” and made the switch after realizing through “polls... More »

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Democrats • Arlen Specter • filibuster • US Senate • Republicans

 For Bush Veterans, 
 DC Jobs Are Scarce 

Former administration officials find bad economy, overwhelmed job market

Apr 30, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Bush administration staffers are feeling the economic pinch as acutely as other victims of the sagging economy, Politico reports. GOP job-seekers in Washington face a triple whammy of economic chaos, minority status on Capitol Hill, and an excess of qualified Republicans. “The Washington side is a bit of... More »

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Bush administration • Washington DC • Capitol Hill • bureaucracy • unemployment • job market • congressional aides • Republicans • jobless

analysis

 Newt Filling 
 Void of GOP 
 Leadership 

Former House speaker fills GOP leadership void

Apr 25, 09 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich is back, and he seems to want everyone to know it. The former Republican House speaker is bashing President Obama on everything from his stimulus plan—a “European socialist model"—to his "fantasy foreign policy," Politico reports. "Gingrich is the classic political counterinsurgent,... More »

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Newt Gingrich • GOP • Republican Party • speaker of the House • President Obama • Republicans

Analysis

Republicans Take Page From Libertarian Book

From tea parties to budget proposals,
GOP changes tune

Apr 22, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - It looks as though the GOP is turning libertarian, says Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. The tea parties it championed last week take their cue from libertarian movement shindigs, and participation was high in libertarian-leaning states like New Hampshire. The GOP’s alternative budget was a like-minded proposal, "dramatically... More »

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New Hampshire • GOP • Mike Huckabee • Olympia Snowe • Ron Paul • libertarian • Glenn Beck • libertarianism • Sarah Palin • Gallup poll • Gallup • political strategy • Nate Silver • Republicans • tea parties

analysis

 GOP Lacks Focus, Leaders 
 on Health Care 


Dems' organization on issue towers over Republicans'

Apr 20, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Democrats build up serious steam on health-care reform, the GOP has been left behind, with no firm message, no plan, little funding, and no clear leaders on the issue, writes Carrie Budoff Brown for Politico. Republicans fear the lag could make opposition to President Obama’s plans difficult. “... More »

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health care • Democrats • health care reform • momentum • organization • President Obama • Republicans • Rick Scott

Democrats: $1 a Day Sends Norm Coleman Away

Groups pressure GOP holdout by funding other candidates

Apr 20, 09 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of Democratic groups think the best way to get rid of Norm Coleman is by pressuring his fellow Republicans. The newly formed Progressive Change Campaign Committee, together with Howard Dean’s Democracy for America, has sent an email to more than a million addresses asking supporters to donate... More »

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Howard Dean • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • campaign fundraising • progressive • fundraising • Republicans

Top McCain Aide Comes Out for Gay Marriage

Support consistent with conservative values, Schmidt argues

Apr 17, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Backing what he calls "a sound conservative argument," a top McCain campaign operative is explaining his newly public personal support for gay marriage, CNN reports. Steve Schmidt will address the Log Cabin Republicans today and urge them to reverse their position. “No other exercise of one's liberty... More »

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John McCain • gay rights • gay marriage • GOP • Log Cabin Republicans • Steve Schmidt • Republicans

(Newser) - Evaluations of the effectiveness of yesterday’s anti-tax “tea parties” are split predictably down partisan lines, Chris Cillizza writes for the Washington Post. Republicans touted the protests, which brought out tens of thousands and garnered major media coverage, as a success. “I think something is going on out... More »

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Democrats • taxes • government spending • GOP • protests • grassroots • blogger • Obama administration • cable news • President Obama • Republicans • tea parties

OPINION

 On Tough EU Trip, 
 French Oddly Likeable 

Obama has headaches on both sides of Atlantic

Apr 4, 09 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - How's Obama doing on his first big diplomatic foray? Americans are relieved to have a president who doesn't embarrass us—no more spontaneous massages for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But Europe is positively swooning. Perhaps EU leaders are secretly loving President Obama's "willingness to be a good loser,"... More »

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Barack Obama • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • French • Republicans

'Alternative Budget' Splits GOP Leaders

Boehner, aiming for damage control, reins
in Cantor, Ryan

Mar 27, 09 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan argued against the alternative budget “blueprint” announced yesterday, but party leaders ordered them to back the plan as a way of refuting the Democratic charge that the GOP is the "party of no," Politico reports. Ryan, the top Republican on the budget... More »

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Mike Pence • John Boehner • federal budget • Eric Cantor • Republicans • Paul Ryan

(Newser) - RNC chief Michael Steele had been quiet for a while, but he brought that to an abrupt halt today with an interview on CNN. Steele did not rule out a future run for president—if it's part of God's plan for him—and suggested that his recent run-in with Rush... More »

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RNC • Rush Limbaugh • Michael Steele • Republicans

(Newser) - Bobby Jindal had the privilege of speaking on the same night as Barack Obama again, but this time on a smaller stage. The Louisiana governor, pilloried after delivering the Republican response to Obama's last prime-time address, told a congressional fundraising dinner for the GOP that "it's time to declare... More »

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Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • speech • governor • Republicans

 Specter's Shift 
 May Doom Bill on 
 Union Organizing 

It's a major blow
to EFCA hopes

Mar 24, 09 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Arlen Specter said today he won't support the Employee Free Choice Act, delivering a serious setback to the much-watched labor initiative, the Wall Street Journal reports. The bill would allow unions to organize more easily, using card signatures instead of secret ballots. The Republican's support of the measure was... More »

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Congress • Democrats • Senate • Arlen Specter • labor unions • bill • organized labor • Republicans • card check

Obama to Reach Out to Small Business

Prez to unveil a $730M
effort after GOP backlash on spending

Mar 15, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(AP) - Amid misgivings over his spending blueprint, President Barack Obama will provide billions of dollars in federal lending aid aimed at struggling small business owners, the AP reports. The package, to be announced tomorrow, includes $730 million from the stimulus plan that will immediately reduce small-business lending fees and increase the... More »

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Barack Obama • taxes • spending • small business • economic stimulus package • Republicans

OPINION

GOP Can Capitalize on Obama's Reign

Gitmo, campus recruitment issues
could revive party

Mar 14, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Never allow a crisis to go to waste,” Rahm Emanuel told a reporter after President Obama’s election. “They are opportunities to do big things.” That’s candid talk, but it might have been premature, writes William Kristol in the Weekly Standard. Emanuel assumed that... More »

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Barack Obama • Rahm Emanuel • political strategy • William Kristol • Republicans

 GOP: Spare Us 
 Stimulus Sequel 

Republicans court Blue Dog Dems to fight further spending

Mar 11, 09 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Talk of a second stimulus proves the first one isn't working, Republican leaders said today in blasting the possibility. “We don't even know what was in the first stimulus yet,” one senator said, while Minority Leader Mitch McConnell noted that Congress had spent “$1 billion an hour”... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • GOP • Mitch McConnell • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • Blue Dog Democrats • President Obama • Republicans

(Newser) - Michael Steele has taken much flak in his short tenure as GOP chairman, and he offers no apologies. “I’m trying to move an elephant that’s become mired in its own muck,” he tells the New York Times. Steele has long been an impulse kind of guy,... More »

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politics • RNC • Michael Steele • Republicans • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

 Moore: I'm Not Dems' Limbaugh 

People agree with me

Mar 6, 09 11:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Just as Democrats are gleefully strapping Rush Limbaugh to the Republican Party, President Bush’s team once hatched a plan to tie filmmaker Michael Moore to Democrats. But, Moore writes for the Huffington Post, there’s one crucial difference between him and Rush: “The American people agree with me,... More »

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Democrats • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Michael Moore • liberal • George W. Bush • Republicans • Bill Maher Grid

(AP) - Senate Republicans, demanding the right to change a huge spending bill, forced Democrats tonight to put off a final vote on the measure until next week. The surprise development will force Congress to pass a stopgap funding bill to avoid a partial shutdown of the government. Republicans have blasted the... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • spending bill • Republicans

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