I don’t often agree with Thomas Schaller , but I think he’s on to something when he argues that Sarah Palin inadvertently helped former GOP governor and current gubernatorial candidate Bob Ehrlich in Maryland when she endorsed his primary rival, Brian Murphy .
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In Some States, Palin Endorsing a Rival Is Just Fine – (Campaign Spot)
Yesterday, Senate Republicans provided simple proof that their tactics in the Senate are simply to obstruct the Democratic majority and President Obama. Senate Democrats had to call for cloture on the nomination of Barbara Milano Keenan to fill a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Recall that cloture is the process by which a filibuster can be ended
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here’s an interesting one – (Political Hotwire)
I am not one of those people that puts people in racial boxes. As a minority myself, I just think it is stupid. But the revolution in the Conservative movement clearly shows one thing: it is not racially based in any real way either
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The New Face Of Conservatism: Young and Diverse – (Neoavatara)
Quote It turns out that South Carolina uses ES&S e-voting machines. ES&S has a long history of problems with its e-voting machines
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E-voting and Alvin Greene – (Political Hotwire)
The Hill is reporting: “Today I spoke with Alvin Greene, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, and asked him to withdraw from the race,” Carol Fowler, chairwoman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, said in a statement” (Excerpt) Read more at hotairpundit.blogspot.com ShareThis
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South Carolina Democrats Ask Senate Nominee to Withdraw After Felony Charge (Liberal Lunacy) – (Audacity of Hypocrisy)
Words spoken by the most dangerous woman to liberals in America. Palin is calling out the mudslingers in the lamestream media
By Jake Tapper, ABC ? Whoops! He left out some important facts In a letter to the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law Goodwin Liu, a nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, apologized for dozens of omissions from his Senate questionnaire.
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Obama’s Controversial Appellate Court Nominee Has Omissions in Senate Questionnaire – (Expose Obama)
Despite steep odds, the White House has discussed prospects for reviving a major overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, a commitment that President Obama has postponed once already. Obama took up the issue privately with his staff Monday in a bid to advance a bill through Congress before lawmakers become too distracted by approaching midterm elections
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Obama looking to give new life to immigration reform (Amnesty to illegal aliens) – (Free Republic)
Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck Show, March 3, 2010, posted the following from his radio program: Now, Nancy Graham (right), the hybrid of Nancy Pelosi and a senator that I used to respect, Nancy Graham from South Carolina has decided that he is on the cap and trade bandwagon. He’s been there for a while and
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Glenn Beck Show, March 3, 2010 – (The Real Obama)
By J. Robert Smith, American Thinker ? Barack Obama has baited a trap for the GOP.? The President announced that as a part of his clean energy initiative, he favored building two nuclear reactors at an existing nuclear power facility in Georgia, and would commit $8 billion in loan guarantees to do so.? If Senate Republicans, in particular, take the bait, they’ll have been duped into backing the Mr. Obama’s latest scheme to grow the national government into a leviathan — the leviathan that the left and Mr
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Obama’s Clean Energy Ploy a Sucker’s Game for GOP – (Expose Obama)
And so it begins: CPAC embraces the new Mitt Romney http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33161.html South Carolina mulls 2012: Romney? Palin?
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GOP Begins "Romney 2012" Campaign (with a little help from glad-to-help Liberals; take a read) – (Free Republic)
John Batchelor writes on his blog: Disdain-In-Chief Counterterrorism boss and guru of Flight 253 — the veteran spook John Brennan — is freshly identified by Lindsey Graham of South Carolina as a most endangered species at the White House, and the clock is now running as to how much longer
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Batchelor: Limits of Brennanizing – (The Real Obama)
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Bauer: Needy ‘owe something back’ for aid – (Political Hotwire)
WASHINGTON – Unemployment rates rose in 43 states last month, the government said Friday, painting a bleak picture of the job market and illustrating nationwide data released two weeks ago. The rise in joblessness was a sharp change from November, when 36 states said their unemployment rates fell. Four states — South Carolina, Delaware, Florida and North Carolina — reported record-high jobless rates in December.
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Unemployment rose in 43 states last month – (Political Hotwire)
GOP Congressman wants to deport every Iranian The National Iranian American Council is on high alert after a South Carolina Congressman announced this week that he will introduce legislation which would require the deportation of all Iranians living in America.
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GOP Congressman wants to deport every Iranian – (Political Hotwire)
Quote Justice Department restrains lawyers in Panther probe The Justice Department has told the federal attorneys who filed a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party for disrupting a Philadelphia polling place last year not to cooperate with an investigation of the incident by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The commission last week subpoenaed at least two Justice Department lawyers and sought documents from the department to explain why the complaint was dismissed just as a federal judge was about to punish the New Black Panther Party and three of its members for intimidating voters
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Justice Department restrains lawyers in Panther probe – (Political Hotwire)
BY JAMES KIRCHICK, NY Daily News ? Obama’s policies are going to hit the young people the hardest The 2008 presidential race was widely trumpeted as the “Youth Election,” and for good reason. Inspired by Barack Obama’s relative youth and his message of “hope” and “change,” young Americans flocked to the then-junior senator from Illinois.
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Obama’s policies hurt the young voters who put him in office – (Expose Obama)
Though Republicans oppose the so-called “public option,” Rep.
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Joe Wilson Proposes Forcing Congress Onto Government Health Insurance Plan – (Free Republic)
James Galyean is a candidate running for South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District. Prior to that time, Galyean was an Assistant United States Attorney and also has some pretty direct connections to the War on Terror
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ALERT! GTMO Terrorists Headed For South Carolina Under Pentagon Orders – (Free Republic)
Boeing picks South Carolina for 2nd 787 line SEATTLE – Boeing Co. will open a second assembly line for its long-delayed 787 jetliner in South Carolina, expanding beyond its longtime manufacturing base in Washington state to take advantage of economic incentives and a nonunion work force. The Chicago-based airplane maker said Wednesday it chose the site in North Charleston over Everett, Wash., because it best suited plans to boost production of the highly anticipated jet, designed to carry up to 250 passengers
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Boeing picks SC for 2nd 787 line – (Political Hotwire)
I touched base with my Republican guys who watch House races to get their sense on the suddenly famous Rep. Alan Grayson, who said that Republicans plan for the sick was to have them die quickly, followed up with a comparison of our current health care system as a ‘holocaust,’ and whose staffer just told a constituent that “failure to act is similar to murdering the uninsured.” The reason you haven’t heard about Grayson’s challenger isn’t that he GOP hasn’t been able to find or recruit a challenger; it’s that they’ve got a small army of potential candidates. “It’s a huge bench; we’ve got people lining up and probably more jumping in,” says one GOP source
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Contemplating Alan Grayson’s Political Future… — By: Jim Geraghty – (Campaign Spot)
Last night, Alan Grayson said this on the floor of the House: Quote After saying he was inspired to read the Republican health care plan by the paper-waving GOP lawmakers at Obama’s recent address, Grayson summed up his findings with a few simple pieces of posterboard.
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Alan Grayson apologizes – (Political Hotwire)
All around were satanic representations of President Barack Obama in whiteface, as a Nazi, an African witch doctor, a Marxist, a Muslim, and Che Guevara’s best friend—but Kathy Golya had never felt so good about the new administration as she did right now.
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Who Is Barack Obama? And why do people say such loopy, ugly things about him? [Hurl Warning] – (Audacity of Hypocrisy)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly and member of the Republican Central Committee says he has quit the GOP because he was embarrassed by South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s address to Congress on Sept.
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Rhode Island GOP Official Resigns Over Wilson Outburst (Purge the RINOs!) – (Audacity of Hypocrisy)