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• The Poll Republican Establishment Types Would Prefer You Ignore

  
  RedState — Authority: 782
  What are we told about conservatives by the Republican establishment? Let’s see: they need to be seen and not heard, they are hurting us with independents, their philosophy is outmoded, they stand for nothing but “no,” and if we move right the voters will reject us. What do we know from reality? As ...
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• Poll Watch: PPP (D) South Carolina Senatorial Survey

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 634
  PPP (D) South Carolina Senatorial Survey Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Lindsey Graham’s job performance? Approve 43% Disapprove 35% Among Democrats Approve 38% Disapprove 36% Among Republicans Approve 46% Disapprove 34% Among Independents Approve 42% Disapprove 36% ...
  18 hours ago

• A Turning Point For Republicans?

  
  Logistics Monster — Authority: 481
  I must, once again, state for the record that I have been an indie for a very long time, and have never been registered as a republican.  In keeping with the discussion that was started on the last post about O’Reilly and a third party, here is information that may clarify my position about registering [...]
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• Workers Mobilizing to Get Bargaining Rights for Screeners

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 650
      AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler hears firsthand about TSO working conditions from Farzal Ahmed, a member of AFGE Local 1442, along with Frank Sylvester and Vanessa Moseley from AFGE.         More than 120 workers from nine unions braved cold weather in Phoenix yesterday to rally ...
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• Double DeMint

  
  GOP 12 — Authority: 630
  Real Clear Politics has the goods on two new polls which can help divine SC Sen. Jim DeMints reelection chances in 2010.The numbers are pretty DeDifferent.Public Policy Pollings survey shows vulnerability.47% of voters in the state say they plan to vote for DeMint next year, compared to 38% who say theyll choose his ...
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• Podcast: Afghanistan War, Huckabee-Maurice Clemmons, Bernanke Re-Nomination, Iran News & More, Guest: Stephen Gordon

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 535
  Note: Brad Warbiany from The Liberty Papers was originally penciled in as a guest for the podcast, but some technical difficulties required a re-recording of the show.  He was missed on the final product, but we plan to have him on again in the very near future. Jason and  Brett were joined by Stephen ...
  2 days ago

• So Much for Representation

  
  The Pink Flamingo — Authority: 481
  South Carolina’s Junior Senator, Jim DeMint prides himself on representing the conservative voice for all Americans over those of his constituents.  It sure sounds good.  It makes him... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 days ago

• Deviant Senator DeMint Wishes He Was The One Who Had Said ‘YOU LIE!’; GOP Senators Vote To Protect Rapists; Republicans Sponsor Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill

  
  PoliticalArticles.NET - Blog — Authority: 138
  After seeing Rep. Joe Wilson raise more than $1 million in the days following his “You lie!” outburst during President Obama’s September address to Congress, Sen. Jim DeMint, a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  3 days ago

• Odds and ends for 12/4

  
  Blog on the Run: Reloaded — Authority: 434
  Hmm, roasted or fried? Um, I mean, we come in peace: Kara Swisher renders Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s Wall Street Journal op-ed into plain English . Is your boss stealing from you? Could well be. Good news/very bad news: In the week ending Nov. 28, first-time unemployment claims fell from 462,000 the ...
  4 days ago

• What Is Jim DeMint Really Up To?

  
  The Pink Flamingo — Authority: 481
  "...One of the most conservative members in the upper chamber, he has said he would rather have 30 pure conservatives in the Senate than a majority of centrists...."Would someone please explain Jim... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  5 days ago

• Bernanke Testifies: Is the Chairman Risking the Feds Independence?

  
  The New Republic - the stash Feed — Authority: 138
  Conservatives like to quip that, for the average member of Congress, spending other people’s money is the best part of the job. If that’s true, then grilling the Fed chairman after a financial crisis has to rank a close second. The members of the Senate Banking Committee didnt hold back when Ben Bernanke made his ...
  5 days ago

• Bernanke: Yes to Social Security Cuts, No to New Jobs Bill; UPDATE: DeMint Will Hold

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 727
  Ben Bernanke let his slip show at multiple points during his confirmation hearing today. First, as Ryan Grim reports, he echoed bank robber Willie Sutton in targeting nothing less than Social Security: In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee today, where he’s seeking re-appointment as the Fed’s ...
  6 days ago

• DeMint Questions Bernanke During Renomination

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 535
  
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• DeMint places hold on Bernankes renomination until Fed audit bill clears Senate

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 535
  Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has joined Sen. Bernie Sanders in placing a hold on Ben Bernanke’s confirmation to a second term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. DeMint says that his hold will remain in place until S. 604 , the Senate version of the “Audit the Fed” legislation, has passed. From DeMint’s press ...
  6 days ago

• Leaked memo offers A-Z strategies on obstructing health care reform

  
  SC Prog Blog — Authority: 114
  Will SC Sen. Jim DeMint embrace or denounce tactics that snub South Carolina’s 707,00 uninsured? Yesterday, Sen. Judd Gregg circulated a “how-to” guide to all his Republican colleagues that outlines how Republicans can obstruct and hold-up needed health care reforms in the Senate.  Judd’s memo details all ...
  6 days ago

• DeMint names "the most powerful institution in the world"

  
  GOP 12 — Authority: 630
  The always-quotable SC Sen. Jim DeMint grills Ben Bernanke before the Senate Banking Committee today.From the WSJs live-blog:[DeMint] says Congress created "the most powerful institution in the whole world" in the Fed, overseeing the strength of the economy and the dollar.He runs through a checklist of what Bernanke ...
  6 days ago

• Jim DeMint Regrets Not Acting Like a Third-Grader in Front of the Country

  
  Indecision Forever — Authority: 578
  Sen. Jim DeMint on Rep. Joe Wilson and the "You lie!" heard round the world … "When I heard this you lie comment, the President turned and looked at me and I said ‘Oh no, they think it’s me," DeMint told the crowd. When he learned it was Wilson, DeMint said he immediately became concerned that his friend ...
  6 days ago

• Tea Funk Party Dont Stop

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 150
  Tea Party: The Documentary Film , chronicling the movement from Bush’s bailouts to 9/12, probably won’t be coming to any theaters near you. It “premiered” last night in Washington’s Reagan Center, with Astroturf instead of a red carpet and tuxedoed anti-tax types instead of shining starlets. The ...
  6 days ago

• DeMint expresses hope

  
  GOP 12 — Authority: 630
  SC Sen. Jim DeMint reacts to Barack Obamas speech on Afghanistan tonight."We must win the War on Terror to prevent future attacks like the ones on September 11th. President Obama is our commander-in-chief and I hope his new plan will achieve victory in Afghanistan.I’m concerned by the months of delay and the message ...
  1 week ago

• OMG! They Killed Sanity!! You Bastards!

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 467
  From The New York Times : CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Senator Lindsey Graham joined forces last month with Senator John Kerry on a compromise to the climate change legislation known as cap and trade, it was the last straw for the Charleston County Republican Party. The county party, which has traditionally been ...
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