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  Bildungblog — Authority: 451
  Diversity in todays Republican Party is limited to the difference between smoked Caucasians, like John Boehner, and bleached Caucasians, like John Cornyn.
  4 days ago

• US Congress adopts bipartisan resolution to honour Manmohan Singh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Washington, Nov.23 (ANI): The United States Senate has adopted a bipartisan resolution by unanimous consent “honouring the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, for his service to the people of India and to the world, and welcoming the Prime Minister to the United States”. Senate Resolution 360, a rare ...
  5 days ago

• Civilian Trials for 9/11 Suspects Aren’t Enough

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 143
  Thus, the main benefit of Obama’s move is partially restoring a constitutional justice system after years of Bush administration abuse. Yet at least five other Guantanamo prisoners, and likely many... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  1 week ago

• Holder Struggles to Defend 911 Trial Decisions

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 750
  Attorney General Eric Holder (WDCpix) Attorney General Eric Holder surely knew he’d be facing a tough audience when he prepared to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. That may be why instead of delivering the written testimony he’d prepared , he focused his opening remarks on explaining his ...
  1 week ago

• Filibuster on Hamilton is Over

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 141
  The Senate voted on a cloture motion yesterday, ending debate on the appointment of Judge David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit.  An up or down confirmation vote will happen in the next day or two, and will likely succeed. Although Hamilton was President Obama’s first judicial nominee, he has not yet been confirmed ...
  1 week ago

• Cornyn: Dont Turn Fort Hood Investigation Into PC Exercise

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 805
  Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said on Fox News today that he hopes the investigation into the Fort Hood shootings doesnt turn into an "exercise of PC." He prefaced that statement by saying that "we shouldnt condemn all Muslims" and that we "need to know all the facts" -- but concluded that he hoped that the investigation ...
  1 week ago

• Sen. John Cornyn: 9/11 Trials Will Be Show Trials

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 805
  Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said on MSNBC today that, like other Republicans and conservatives , he thinks the decision to hold civilian trials for suspected 9/11 conspirators in New York City is a poor one. Cornyn told David Shuster that the trial of self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad would be ...
  1 week ago

• Republicans Repudiate the Constitution in Favor of Fear

  
  America For Purchase — Authority: 116
  "One hundred ninety-five terrorists have been convicted in U.S. federal courts since 2001.
  2 weeks ago

• Looming: Outrage Against Republicans Who Vote For Rapists

  
  Half Empty — Authority: 426
  Last Month our new senator from Minnesota, Senator Al Franken, proposed an amendment to HR 3326 the Defense Department Appropriations bill, S 2588. This bill was meant to fix the problem that became big news in 2005 when Jamie Leigh Jones, an employee of KBR in Iraq who was brutally raped and beaten by her male ...
  2 weeks ago

• Name That Thune

  
  In The Pink — Authority: 131
  Sen. John Thune from South Dakota could very well be the savior of the Republican party and a viable presidential candidate as long as he keeps a low profile, otherwise known as keeping it on the “down low.”The main appeal of one-time golden boy Mark Sanford was that no one had heard of him until [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Deep Stupid

  
  Hungry Hungry Hippos — Authority: 122
  Hey, 2 in one week! Today’s winner is Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC). As you probably heard, the GOP had a bit of a problem in this week’s special election for the congressional seat from New York’s 23rd District.  The local GOP chose Dena Scozzofava as their candidate.  Meanwhile, a member of the Conservative ...
  3 weeks ago

• DeMint: Recruiting moderates who can win "doesnt make any sense"

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 803
  More GOP civil war: [NRSC Chairman John] Cornyn has gambled much on finding and promoting centrists able to win Senate seats in swing states and even some Democratic redoubts. And he’s decided to do so even though those candidates in at least four states — California, Florida, Kentucky and Connecticut — ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Texas Trib and its polls

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 148
  I’ve been so immersed in the Houston elections that I forgot to give a warm welcome to the Texas Tribune , which made its debut on Tuesday. I really like the look of the site, I like their lineup of writers, and I like what they’re aiming to do. Once their RSS feeds become available , I’ll be really happy. So ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sen. Cornyn: Dont jump to conclusions over Fort Hood shootings

  
  CNN Political Ticker — Authority: 833
  (CNN) - Before making judgments about the shootings at Fort Hood, a thorough investigation needs to take place, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said Thursday. "It is imperative that we take the time to gather all the facts, as it would be irresponsible to be the source of rumors or inaccurate information regarding such a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Cereal Wingnuts

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 468
  From The New York Times : WASHINGTON — Republicans emerged from Tuesday’s elections energized by victories in Virginia and New Jersey, but their leaders immediately began maneuvering to avoid a prolonged battle with conservative activists over what the party stands for and how to regain power. The victories, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hutchison irks right by including gay judge as U.S. attorney pick

  
  TexasFred — Authority: 532
  Hutchison irks right by including gay judge as U.S. attorney pick WASHINGTON – Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has sent the White House two suggestions for the post of U.S. attorney in San Antonio. One of the candidates is a highly regarded career prosecutor and judge who also, it turns out, is openly gay.Some Republicans ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sorry, Charlie: John Cornyn declares the NRSC to be irrelevant

  
  The Reid Report — Authority: 507
  NRSCs Cornyn to Charlie: just pretend were not even here... Despite the fact that he turned out to be right about New York 23 — Dede Scozzafava was a solid local candidate, who might have won that race had the entire Republican establishment not turned on her, while Doug Hoffman was as much a carpetbagger as the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Moderates Need Not Apply

  
  Delaware Liberal — Authority: 552
  The GOP purity purge is accelerating, despite their loss of NY-23. It’s no wonder the teabaggers feel empowered – they were being interviewed all over the media yesterday. They see the loss of NY-23 as a big win for their movement – the movement to make a smaller, purer GOP. The purgers [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Cornyn Forced by Teabagger Base to Keep NRSC out of Senate Primaries

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 762
  Um. OK. (photo by Steve Rhodes) This is pretty big news that shows the institutional power of the tea party conservative base. In the wake of last night’s disaster in NY-23, John Cornyn, the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the GOP campaign arm for Senate races, announced that his ...
  3 weeks ago

• NY 23 – The Aftermath

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 575
  Listening to the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Company, one would think the sky fell on American conservatives and the Republican Party last night. She and her ilk couldn’t be more wrong. Did Bill Owens win the election? Yes. (How much help he had from Acorn and the WFP may never be known.) But does the defeat ...
  3 weeks ago

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