Archive for the ‘Republicans’ Category

  • Cautious GOP Praise for Stimulus (CQPolitics.com)

    CQPolitics.com - The emerging Democratic plan to devote a significant portion of the economic stimulus package to tax cuts has prompted cautious praise from Republican leaders as President-elect Barack Obama tries to show bipartisanship on economic concerns.

  • Democrat wins Minnesota Senate seat in recount (Reuters)

    Democratic senatorial candidate, and well known satirist and a former writer and actor for the popular Saturday Night Live television show, Al Franken (DFL-MN) and his wife Franni (L) speak to reporters after he is declared the winner by the Minnesota Secretary of State Office, by 225 votes, over opponent incumbent Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) outside his home in Minneapolis, January 5, 2009. (Eric Miller/Reuters)Reuters - Democrat Al Franken beat Republican incumbent Norm Coleman to win the U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota, officials conducting a final recount said on Monday, though the loser promised to challenge the result.

  • Texas House speaker said to throw in the towel (AP)

    This Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007 picture shows Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, in Austin, Texas. Craddick, the first Republican speaker in modern times, is dropping is bid for a fourth term, three state representatives and a Republican source close to Craddick confirmed Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. Craddick became speaker in 2003 and quickly pushed through a conservative agenda. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick, the longest serving Republican in state elective office, has apparently given up his hard-fought bid for a fourth term in the post, leaving the door open for a rival Republican who is a relative newcomer.

  • RNC Chairman Maps Multi-Ballot Strategy for Keeping Job (CQPolitics.com)

    CQPolitics.com - Robert M. “Mike” Duncan is mapping out a multiple-ballot strategy for hanging onto the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee as he and several other candidates for his job prepare to make their pitches at a series of auditions this week for the leadership of an embattled Republican Party.

  • NJ Gov. Corzine criticizes Republicans for lawsuit (Reuters)

    Reuters - New Jersey Senate Republicans sued Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine on Wednesday for refusing to release the financially battered state’s budget records, prompting him to accuse them of playing political games.

  • Republicans want say in stimulus plan (AP)

    AP - Congressional Republicans said Monday they would work with Democrats to craft a plan to stimulate the economy, but only if GOP ideas are considered for a bill that could cost as much as $1 trillion.

  • Republicans want say in economic stimulus plan (AP)

    AP - Congressional Republicans on Monday said they would work with Democrats to craft a plan to stimulate the economy, but only if GOP ideas are considered for a bill that could cost as much as $1 trillion.

  • Bush Withdraws Pardon After Learning of Contribution (Bloomberg)

    Bloomberg - Dec. 25 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush withdrew a
    pardon yesterday for a New York real-estate developer after it
    became known that the developer’s father made the maximum $28,500
    donation to the Republican National Committee months earlier.

  • Obama, McCain and the tall tales of politicians

    When Americans go to the polls this November, there will be many factors that influence where they eventually decide to cast their vote:

  • Conservative activist Paul Weyrich dead at 66 (AP)

    AP - Conservative activist Paul Weyrich, who coined the phrase “moral majority” and helped turn social conservatives into a powerful force in the Republican Party, died Thursday. He was 66.