From Rollcall.com Former radio talk-show host Larry Elder (R) is considering running for Senate in 2010 against Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) but is holding his fire while top GOP officials wait for favored candidate Carly Fiorina (R) to make a final decision on whether she’ll run, Republican sources confirmed Monday. Elder was in Washington, D.C., […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Drew M. from Ace posted the following Michael Steele interview excerpt this morning. (originally from GQ magazine) How much of your pro-life stance, for you, is informed not just by your Catholic faith but by the fact that you were adopted? Oh, a lot. Absolutely. I see the power of life in that—I mean, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
foxnews.com Senate Democrats won over just enough Republicans to move forward Tuesday night on a controversial $410 billion spending bill by the end of the night Tuesday. But it may come as no surprise that almost all of the Republican senators who voted for the bill have billions of dollars worth of earmarks in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I want to add a little more to a comment I made last night. Steele is caught in a no-win game being the top Republican. If Ken Blackwell would have won, he would be “catching it” as well. If Steele doesn’t punk out and resign, I think he could make some headway with the Black […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While the left has been overly sensitive over Rush Limbaugh’s words “I hope he fails”, its been fascinating to see all their stated hopes in the past for the Republican party get discarded in a flash. Stated hopes? What do you mean? I’m talking about all the discussions in the past I and others had […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just heard yesterday evening on the radio that the Republican party almost unanimously behind the scenes supported the recent tax increase in California. Not only that, according to Assemblyman Anthony Adams, although most voted against it, there was an arrangement made by the party to appoint 3 Assemblymen needed for passage of the bill to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bank nationalisation gains ground with Republicans By Edward Luce and Krishna Guha ft.com Nationalisation, long regarded in Washington as a folly of Europeans, is gaining rapid ground among US opinion-formers. Stranger still, many of those talking about federal ownership of banks are Republicans. Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator for South Carolina, said that many of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am certainly glad to see this from a historical perspective. Now my children have someone they can look up to for inspiration to do better in school. Also, as a Black man with a dark brown complexion, I feel validated. Light-complexioned Black women should also feel a sense of validation as they gaze upon […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Democrats outnumber Republicans in the House and were able to easily able to pass the stimulus bill with no problem. They were able to accomplish this even with some Democrats siding with Republicans. Democrats outnumber Republicans in the Senate and now are leaning on moveon.org to pressure Republicans to support the bill. Rush Limbaugh […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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