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 Dem Won't Apologize 
 for 'Die Quickly' Gag 

Comments about 'Republican health care plan' light up YouTube

Sep 30, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(AP) - Florida Rep. Alan Grayson is refusing to apologize for his snarky statement on the House floor that Republicans want Americans to “die quickly.” Last night, Grayson took the floor and declared that he had, after much probing, determined that Republicans had a two part plan: Don’t get... More »

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Florida • House of Representatives • partisanship • apology • health care reform • House Democrats • Alan Grayson

White House Throws
Weight Into State Races

Some Democrat's fret about administration's increasingly partisan direction

Sep 22, 09 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is becoming increasingly assertive in trying to influence state-level elections around the country, the New York Times reports. White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and other top political strategists have made it plain that they're willing to play hardball to strengthen the Democratic ticket where necessary—... More »

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Karl Rove • Arlen Specter • partisanship • Rahm Emanuel • governor • David Paterson • Obama administration • 2010 election • gubernatorial races • Michael Bennet • Joe Sestak

OPINION

 Leave Wilson Alone: Parker 



Outbursts par for the course in partisan politics

Sep 11, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - After Joe Wilson's “you lie” outburst, we may need to add “Joewilsoning” to the lexicon, as in, “OMG, he Joewilsoned right in the middle of the sermon!” writes Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post. Still, the reaction to the outburst seems a wee bit... More »

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Republican • South Carolina • partisanship • speech • US Congress • State of the Union Address • George W. Bush • Kathleen Parker • President Obama • heckling • Joe Wilson

Analysis

School Speech Uproar Shows Country Divided

In addressing kids, Bush 41 didn't have problems like Obama's

Sep 4, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - When George HW Bush gave a televised address to a public school in 1991 and urged schools around the country to show it in class, no one much cared. When President Obama announced plans to do the same, he drew outrage and comparisons to Chairman Mao. That’s America in... More »

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education • Barack Obama • high school • Department of Education • partisanship • George HW Bush • polarized • Obama administration

OPINION

 Enough Already: 
 Kennedy Was No Hero 


Aug 27, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - You wouldn’t know it from the tearful plaudits in the "echo chamber of the mainstream media," but Ted Kennedy was no hero, Howie Carr writes for the Boston Herald. Kennedy was actually a ruthless partisan—he accused Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork of wanting "segregated lunch... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Robert Bork • Richard Nixon • partisanship • Senate confirmation hearings • hypocrisy • Gerald Ford • Chappaquiddick • US Supreme Court • senator

(Newser) - Senate Republicans locked arms against Sonia Sotomayor yesterday … or would have, if they’d bothered to stay for the Judiciary Committee’s vote. Instead, half ducked out, leaving Jeff Sessions to repeat “No by proxy,” over and over, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post. It was... More »

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Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Senate Judiciary Committee • Jeff Sessions • partisanship • Orrin Hatch • Charles Grassley • Senate confirmation hearings • Lindsey Graham • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Dana Milbank • Sonia Sotomayor

Facing Primary Battle, Specter Shifts Leftward

Has voted with Dems 97% of time since Sestak announced bid

Jul 26, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Since going blue, Arlen Specter voted with Democrats some two-thirds of the time on “Contentious Votes”—defined by Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com as “anything that comes up for a floor vote and where the majority of each party splits their votes.” That is, up until... More »

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primary • Arlen Specter • partisanship • vote • Democratic Party • Pat Toomey • Joe Sestak

ANALYSIS

Sotomayor's Rope-A-Dope Strategy Looks Familiar

Nominee gives little insight into her true feelings on controversial issues

Jul 14, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Sonia Sotomayor’s question-and-answer session with the Senate Judiciary Committee continues today, the Supreme Court nominee is deploying a familiar strategy, Andrew Cohen writes for CBS News. It's the Rope-a-Dope, much like the one used by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Roberts, and Samuel Alito in their confirmation hearings. Simply... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • GOP • firefighters • partisanship • Senate confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

 Both Parties Will Use 
 Sotomayor to Push Agendas 

Parties hope to inspire support through questioning

Jul 13, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nobody expects Sonia Sotomayor to have serious trouble winning confirmation to the Supreme Court; the hearings that start today will be battles for American hearts and minds, with both parties seeing them as an opportunity to position themselves on key issues, the Washington Post reports. Aiming to ignite their base,... More »

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Senate • partisanship • justice • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

(AP) - War-funding legislation survived a fierce partisan battle in the House today, a major step in providing commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan the money they would need for the coming months. Democratic leaders pushing the $106 billion measure had to overcome an unusual alliance. Anti-war Democrats opposed continued war spending, and... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • partisanship • war funding • Obama administration

 Sotomayor Has 
 Wide Support: Poll 

She's popular, but not as much as Justice Roberts was

May 28, 09 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly half of Americans consider Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court an "excellent" or "good" development, while just 13% judge her a "poor" choice, a Gallup poll finds. Respondents split along party lines, with 28% of Republicans and just 1% of Democrats deeming the nomination... More »

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John Roberts • partisanship • US Supreme Court • Gallup poll • Obama administration • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor

 Senators Rank 
 Bipartisan Colleagues 

Kennedy, Collins named most bipartisan

Apr 21, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you want to reach across the aisle in the Senate, chances are you're stretching toward Ted Kennedy or Susan Collins, according to a Hill survey of the upper chamber. “I’d love to co-sponsor every piece of legislation with Ted Kennedy,” says Sen. Richard Burr. The most... More »

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Congress • Charles Schumer • Senate • Senate Democrats • Ted Kennedy • Senate Republicans • Patrick Leahy • partisanship • Susan Collins • bipartisanship • Jim Bunning

OPINION

Now I Know Why Lefties Hate Me Too: Milbank

Columnist deciphers rage by reading
online comments

Apr 18, 09 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - On the advice of a colleague, columnist Dana Milbank diligently read the comments left by some 1,800 readers last week. And he discovered some fascinating things. “On Tuesday, I learned that I am a right-wing hack. I am a certified idiot. I am Republican flack,” he writes... More »

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Internet • partisanship • anger • commentary • Dana Milbank

OPINION

'Post-Partisan' Prez Can't Get Traction Across Aisle

Dems and Independents approve of the Prez, but the GOP still doesn't

Apr 12, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's ratings are sky-high among Democrats but have reached a Bush-esque low among Republicans, making for a 61-point gap for the president who campaigned on a "post-partisan" platform. What's causing this problem? It starts with the fact that the public is more polarized than ever, writes Clarence Page... More »

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cable TV • talk radio • partisanship • polarized • bipartisanship • approval ratings • President Obama • post-partisan

OPINION

 Unity Candidate 
 Turns Into Most 
 Polarizing Prez 



Obama faces huge partisan approval gap: analysts

Apr 8, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - He ran on a message of unity and moderation, but Barack Obama is “the most polarizing new president of recent times,” writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post. There’s a 61-point Obama approval gap between Democrats and Republicans, Pew researchers found. The widening gap has been a... More »

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Senate Republicans • budget • partisanship • congressional Democrats • House Republicans • unity • approval ratings • President Obama

I Want Misguided Obama Policies to Fail: Thompson

He offers prez his help in curbing social spending

Mar 25, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former presidential hopeful Fred Thompson today joined the chorus of Republicans rooting for President Obama’s recession spending to flop. “I want his policies that I believe take us in the wrong direction to fail,” he told CNN, warning that higher inflation and interest rates loom. “I’... More »

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Republican • Fred Thompson • partisanship • financial crisis • President Obama • fiscal policy



 Dems Draw 
 a Bead on 
 'Party of No' 

After earmark battle, a plan to show GOP as devoid of ideas

Mar 15, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are going on the attack in a new campaign labeling Republicans as “the party of ‘no,’” Politico reports. Officials and ads will argue that Republicans are playing a knee-jerk political game in opposing Democratic measures, like President Obama’s budget proposal, without offering alternatives. The... More »

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budget • partisanship • Republican Party • Democratic Party • Obama administration • President Obama

 New 
 Strategy 
 for Obama: 
 Blame Bush 

Post-partisan pledges give way to new attack role

Mar 14, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is reminding Americans more and more lately that he's inherited much of this mess from George Bush, reports the Washington Post. It's a shift for Obama, who has long preached against the petty politics of old. The move comes as Republicans step up their own attacks against Obama... More »

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partisanship • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama • blame • economic crisis

NEW POLL

Public Trusts Obama, Blames GOP for Stimulus Row


Feb 24, 09 7:30 AM CST
(Newser) - GOP attempts to attack Barack Obama on the stimulus don’t appear to be working. According to a New York Times/CBS poll, three quarters of Americans, including 6 in 10 Republicans, believe the president is trying to act in a bipartisan manner, and most blame Republicans for objecting to the... More »

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Barack Obama • partisanship • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • approval ratings • poll numbers • Obama administration • Republicans

(Newser) - Judd Gregg’s flirtation with the top job at Commerce has brought the partisan battle over the US Census to the fore with just a year to go before before the official count, the New York Times reports. Most Americans may not think of the census as a political... More »

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partisanship • Department of Commerce • US Census • redistricting • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • political appointment • 2010

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