Archive for the ‘Republicans’ Category
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Economy flounders, despite the stimulus
A year after a nearly $800 billion stimulus package was passed, the U.S. economy still finds itself mired in mediocrity.
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Fed bashers: Washington’s odd couple
“These are vulgar, obscene people who, in many cases, I really do believe, have serious emotional problems. In this country we have people who have drug problems, people who have alcohol problems.”
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Government can’t squelch free speech
For everyone licking their wounds after Thursday’s landmark 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, worried that the evil corporations are now poised to ruin American democracy once and for all, in the bogus name of free speech, here’s a word of potential hope: I used to be one of you, too, and today I’m happy as a clam. Maybe you can be too, eventually. Here’s why:
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Fed rage boils over on Capitol Hill
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a tough road ahead.
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Will Cornyn’s ‘Big Tent’ Strategy Collapse? (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com – When he took over this year as the chief candidate recruiter and campaign fundraiser for the Senate GOP, John Cornyn didn’t tip his hand about his strategy for taking away as many seats as possible from the Democrats.
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Former HP chief Fiorina running for Senate (Reuters)
Reuters – Former Hewlett-Packard Co chief Carly Fiorina said on Wednesday she would run as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from California, seeking to unseat liberal Democrat Barbara Boxer next year. -
Ohio GOP lawmakers: Execution process can be fixed (AP)
AP – Two Republican lawmakers advising Ohio’s Democratic governor on changes to the state’s lethal injection process say it shouldn’t be hard to fix the system.
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Steele: Election returns show ‘transcendent’ GOP (AP)
AP – An ebullient Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele asserted Wednesday that GOP victories in governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate “a transcendent party” on the move again. The White House said the elections were not a repudiation of President Barack Obama. -
GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, NJ (AP)
AP – Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year. -
White House: Tuesday’s GOP wins not about Obama (AP)
AP – The White House says that Republican wins in two governors’ races were not referendums on the president.
