republicans

Republicans believe that the best form of government is one in which decisions are made by a a council of citizen representatives. Classic historic examples of republican government include pre-imperial Rome and renaissance period Venice. In both cases the governing body was filled by a combination of heredity and appointment, representing not only the citizens but also powerful political and economic interest groups.

The most notable contemporary republic is the government of the United States of America which has a bicameral legislature selected by popular election under the rules established in its written constitution. The constitution is considered a republican document because it establishes a specific hierarchical process which minimizes direct popular involvement in the mechanisms of government and formalizes the delegation of policy making to elective representatives. The US constitution is available for reference from the National Archives.  In the modern context one of the best explanations of republican government is found at the University of Chicago Press constitution resource site.

Republicans can also refer to members of the Republican Party, a political party which advocates republican government.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “republicans”

 

• Romneys anti-Newt mailers in Nevada

  
  Western Progressive — Authority: 430
  Mitt Romneys money machine is hard at work in Nevada, the next primary state.  The Romney Campaign is pounding Newt Gingrich with mail sent out to Nevada residents.  In this illustration of the disparity between the pocket books of the two candidates, these mass mailings describe Gingrich as "erratic", "sleaze", ...
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• Romney Faces The Three Stooges In FL And Still Gets Less Than Half The Vote

  
  Queerty — Authority: 655
  The results from the Florida GOP presidential primary prove that in the land of the blind, the guy with the biggest checkbook is king. Mitt Romney finally managed to win a convincing victory after a series of humiliations, largely by spending about $15 million dollars on ads to annihilate his main rival, Newt ...
  21 hours ago

• Game over, man

  
  IMAO — Authority: 489
  It’s over. Mitt Romney has wrapped it up. He won Florida yesterday, and that means there’s no chance for anyone else in the GOP race. Newt Gingrich supporters? Hate to break it to you, but it’s time to pack it in. Rick Santorum followers? The writing’s on the wall. Ron Paul supporters? The nurse will be by ...
  21 hours ago

• Mitt Romney favourite to win GOP nomination after Florida victory - video

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Mitt Romney addresses supporters after winning the Republican presidential primary in Florida, while Newt Gingrich vows to fight on
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• Romney Takes Florida, Momentum

  
  THE HOT JOINTS — Authority: 116
  Source: Associated Press Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary, rebounding from the previous week’s defeat with a commanding victory and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination.
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• Mitt Romney: Florida Victory Speech (Video)

  
  FREEDOM EDEN — Authority: 473
  Heres video of Mitt Romneys victory speech after winning the Florida primary. video platform video management video solutions video player I thought it was a good speech.
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• Cash warfare

  
  Massachusetts Liberal — Authority: 413
  Carpet bombing remains an effective tool of warfare, as Mitt Romneys blitz of Newt Gingrich proves. And if anyone ever had any doubt, cash, not issues, will determine who sits in the Oval Office next year. While Barack Obama may draw some hope about a sharply divided GOP emerging from the primaries, the obscene ...
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• Republicans Are Voting Via iPads In Florida Primary

  
  dralnuX — Authority: 114
  Some voters in Florida’s Republican primary elections will be choosing the man they want in the White House with the touch of a finger using iPads. Although Lori Steele, Chairman & CEO of Everyone Counts, the company behind the iPad voting scheme, was tight-lipped on details about how many of Apple’s magical ...
  23 hours ago

• On Conservativism

  
  Bitter Harvest — Authority: 120
  Another word word for conservativism is “ separatism ”. If you look at the world today, you see both the world from bygone years, and the world of tomorrow. For all through human history there have been those forces,  in the human condition, that have sought to maintain a kind of singularity within various ...
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• Should Politicians Wear Uniforms Like NASCAR Drivers?

  
  Evaluation — Authority: 126
  This goes for all politicians, Democrats and Republicans alike who are bought and paid for.
  23 hours ago

• A Campaign Dictionary

  
  Articles on National Review Online — Authority: 801
  The bogeyman of the Washington insider is often a target of the Gingrich campaign, but we have as yet no definition. To be an “insider,” should the candidate have served in the federal government for, say, ten years? Should he be currently living inside or near the Capital Beltway? Should he be conducting business ...
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• What Florida Means

  
  Articles on National Review Online — Authority: 801
  HUNTER BAKER Newt Gingrich has surged and fallen back, surged and fallen back. Each time, he has managed to stage a sharp assault on the pole position, with moments of political bravado on the debate stage. There is little question that GOP voters have their own form of PTSD over George W. Bush’s inability (or ...
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• Wealthy donors pouring millions into Republican race are named

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 164
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Wealthy donors pouring millions into Republican race are named Financial reports of arms-length campaign groups known as ‘super-pacs’ show which millionaires are influencing campaignsThe most significant political action committees in the US presidential campaign – known as ...
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• Newt and Mitt Are Playing the ‘Stupid Card’

  
  TIME.com — Authority: 654
  “He is counting on us not having YouTube. That’s how much he thinks we’re stupid,” Newt Gingrich yelled at Floridians a couple days ago, before adding, tongue in jowl, “and we’re not stupid.” Leaving aside the questionable link between YouTube and non-stupidity, Gingrich has a point. Mitt Romney does ...
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• Monsieur Gingrich et le Président

  
  WSJ.com: Washington Wire — Authority: 627
  PARIS  – Newt Gingrich on Tuesday praised French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s courage and compared him to the U.K.’s “Iron Lady,” former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. “I am very fond of your president,” Mr. Gingrich said in an interview with French TV channel iTele . “His book actually outlines ...
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• If the conservatives are going to constantly quote Ronald Reagan, then let them quote this.

  
  The Immoral Minority — Authority: 545
  Thats right, Ronnie said that. I sometimes think that the Republicans imagine Reagan as a grandfatherly version of the Bible. They only quote the passages that speak to their ideological sensibilities and pretend that the parts which conflict with what they want to be true about Reagan simply dont exist.
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• Welcome to Florida, Welcome to Hate

  
  Democratic Convention Watch — Authority: 495
  The polls say that Mittens has it today: between outspending Newt 3:1 (see chart ) and running thousands more ads, as in : Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and his allies, especially the pro-Romney Restore Our Future, aired 12,768 television commercials in the state through Wednesday compared with 210 ...
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• Romney and Gingrich make final Florida campaign speeches - video

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Republican rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich make their final campaigning stops in Jacksonville ahead of Tuesdays primary
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• Video: Chris Christie Calls Legislator ‘Numb Nuts’

  
  THE HOT JOINTS — Authority: 116
  More Chris Christie acting like…Chris Christie. Which means acting awesome. (H/T Breitbart TV )
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• Seniors in Florida disappointed that candidates say little about Social Security and Entitlements: Because they plan on taking them!

  
  An Average American Patriot — Authority: 114
  Seniors in Florida disappointed that candidates say little about Social ...: At the Senior Friendship Center, a bustling hub tucked amid palm fronds and azaleas where elders gather to socialize, exercise, and seek medical care, political banter is interwoven with gentle ribbing and flagrant flirting. When talk ...
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