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• Ovide Lamontagne: Gets another score from RedState

  
  GraniteGrok — Authority: 513
  Gee, first on Laura Ingraham and now my friend Erick Erickson, the managing editor over RedState , is basically saying " Vote Ovide! ": That brings us to New Hampshire. ... I’m not convinced. In fact, when I talk to reporters in New Hampshire, GOP activists in New Hampshire ( heh! ), and elected officials ...
  2 hours ago

• Today’s House Negros

  
  BlogWonks — Authority: 150
  The Democrats provide amazing reminders that slavery is alive and thriving in America today. The plantation these days is Congress. White Democrats are the plantation owners, and the Congressional Black Caucus members are the slaves…modern day House Negros. As in the days of Democrat oppression, House Negros of ...
  5 hours ago

• Some Observations about the Upcoming Immigration Reform Debate

  
  latinopoliticsblog.com — Authority: 122
  Now that Congressman Gutierrez has introduced the comprehensive immigration reform bill in the House, eyes will turn to the Senate as Senators Schumer and Graham craft their bill, which is rumored to be more enforcement oriented than the Gutierrez legislation. I think that if an immigration bill doesn’t move ...
  5 hours ago

• Pinkys Puppies

  
  Big Lizards — Authority: 498
  I take as my thesis that the Senate Democrats, by voting unanimously for cloture on the ObamaCare bill (or PinkyCare, after Sen. Majority Leader Harry "Pinky" Reid, D-Caesars Palace, 70%), have made themselves very vulnerable in 2010 and 2012. I also take it that the more Republican the state, the more trouble that ...
  6 hours ago

• Is the Health Care Bill Repealable?

  
  Crystal Clear Conservative — Authority: 475
  Yes, Virginia, the Senate Democrats are simply out of control . I know this is not exactly the news that puts you in the Christmas spirit, but the Senate health care bill continues to prove their reckless behavior. With one more procedural vote, the Senate will be voting on their version of the health care bill on ...
  7 hours ago

• Obamacare Will Alienate Americans

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 446
  Obama’s healthcare bill, the poisoned Kool-Aid making its way through the Senate, will not confer any of its supposed benefits on Americans until 2013. But they will find themselves chafing at its restrictions and paying its taxes immediately after the law takes effect. Then, they will see no gain, but plenty of ...
  9 hours ago

• Americans Crazed Corn Habit(ethanol another entitlement, to corn growers)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  According to a recent Congressional Budget Office report, the increased use of ethanol is responsible for a rise in food prices of approximately 10 to 15 percent. Why? Were turning corn into fuel — a highly inefficient one, at that — instead of food. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy points out that "mixing food ...
  10 hours ago

• Looks like Fergus is at "the Fringe" - at least on this poll

  
  GraniteGrok — Authority: 513
  Looks like this Cross Target poll on Republicans that are vying in NHs First Congression District has Fergus Cullen at the fringe of electorates wish list: Undecided: 48.3% Guinta: 24.5% Mahoney: 15.3% Ashooh: 6.4 Cullen: 5.5% Now, its very early in the race for non-political, non-news junkies here in ...
  10 hours ago

• ACORN Properly Spent Federal Funds, Congressional Study Says

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 461
  The beleaguered community organizing group ACORN properly spent all federal dollars it received in the past five years, according to a study by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS).
  11 hours ago

• GOP relents on timing of health care vote

  
  CNN Political Ticker — Authority: 816
  Washington (CNN) – Senate Republicans - who had vowed to keep the Senate in session late on Christmas Eve, and possibly even Christmas Day - relented Tuesday and agreed to a final vote on health care legislation at 8 am on Thursday, Dec. 24. Their decision comes after losing several key votes to Democrats ...
  12 hours ago

• Report Finds No Recent Funding Violations By ACORN

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 777
  ACORN has been investigated 46 times by federal, state, and local agencies as of October 2009, and 11 of those probes are still pending, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service released today. But the report finds no cases in which ACORN violated the terms of federal funding in the last five years. ...
  13 hours ago

• AFP Applauds Castillo For “No Climate Tax” Pledge

  
  Clark County Conservative — Authority: 126
  Received in email this morning,FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, December 22, 2009Contact: Phil Kerpen or James Valvo (703) 224-3200Americans for Prosperity Applauds U.S. House Candidate David Castillo -Signs No Climate Tax Pledge- WASHINGTON, DC—The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today applauded ...
  14 hours ago

• Senate Pledges to Retroactively Restore Expiring Tax Breaks in 2010

  
  TaxProf Blog — Authority: 697
  Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D., Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) today pledged to pass the tax extenders legislationearly in 2010, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2010. Interestingly, Sens. Baucus and Grassley did not mention the retroactivity of any estate tax bill. The Hill Wall Street ...
  14 hours ago

• Freshman Alabama Congressman Switches Parties to Join GOP

  
  One Conservative Voice — Authority: 133
  "I have become increasingly concerned that the bills and policies pushed by the current Democratic leadership are not good for north Alabama or our nation." http://griffith.house.gov/index.html
  14 hours ago

• Update: Senate clears major hurdles with Health Care Bill

  
  Keep America At Work — Authority: 152
  By Mitch Gurney December 22, 2009 Very early this morning the Senate cleared some major hurdles and advances closer to passing their version of the health care bill. Please see the following for further details, available via OpenCongress.org : December 22, 2009: Senate Still on Track to Pass Health Care ...
  16 hours ago

• Warren Business Incubator May Soon Be A Reality

  
  Dare To Dream — Authority: 118
  Back several years ago, Helen Rucker and I had used the idea of a “Business Incubator”, for the City of Warren, as a campaign issue. Helen was a successful candidate and I, alas, lost but the idea of the incubator has been a small glowing candle that might soon be a raging fire. Over the years, the Youngstown ...
  17 hours ago

• UPDATED: Welcome Home Parker Griffith!

  
  The Pink Flamingo — Authority: 483
  UPDATED: Right after Parker Griffith switched parties, according to Race42012, Erick Erickson has called for someone to run against him and defeat him. Would someone please tell The Pink Flamingo... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  17 hours ago

• Virginia Republicans aim to take 4 Democrats congressional seats

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Newly energized by last months landslide victories in state elections, Virginia Republicans are laying the groundwork to mount aggressive challenges against four Democratic congressmen next year. Republican leaders think that they can reclaim at least two of the three seats they lost last year, when President Obama ...
  18 hours ago

• Young, Invincible, and Now Forced to Shell-Out for Health Care

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 737
  You’re 27 and employed, but you’re not raking in the dough. You’ve always been healthy, so the fact that you don’t have health insurance isn’t a big deal to you. Now, though, you’re hearing something about a “congressional mandate” to buy health insurance. The health insurance industry considers you ...
  18 hours ago

• Alabama Democrat to Switch to GOP

  
  Weekly Standard Blog — Authority: 156
  Politico has the scoop : POLITICO has learned that Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican. According to two senior GOP aides familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place this afternoon in Griffiths district ...
  19 hours ago

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