McCain Battles Party Leaders on Budget Plan
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- McCain Battles Party Leaders on Budget Plan
- Republican Party tested today in NY’s special election
- Steele chides GP for infighting
- Gingrich to Replace Palin at GP Dinner
McCain Battles Party Leaders on Budget Plan
CQPolitics.com
He wants to offer an alternative to the Democratic budget and they don?t. The behind-the-scenes battle is part of a larger split in the Republican Party. Some in the GP believe their best strategy is to resist President bama?s agenda and take carefully chosen shots through amendments they all agree on; others want the party to do more to demonstrate how a Republican imprint would be different. As Congress works on setting broad budget caps for fiscal 2010 McCain appears to be in the minority among Republicans most of whom seem unwilling to stand behind a full-size alternative to the Democrats? budget (S Con Res 13). By making that choice the GP risks being cast as the party that can only say what it doesn?t want and not what it would do if given the chance. Building a better budget is hard President bama said during last week?s.
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Republican Party tested today in NY’s special election
Examiner.com
The traditionally Republican district is a battleground today; being the first test of the Republican Party under their new leader Chairman Michael Steele. Steele has recently campaigned in the district twice and has given financial support to Tedisco. Regarding the election Steele.
Steele chides GP for infighting
Baltimore Sun
Steele lashed out at GP infighting Tuesday and urged the party faithful – some of whom have criticized his erratic statements – to be more like him: "unconventional unpredictable … to do from time to time the unexpected. " At a fundraiser for the Anne Arundel County Republican Party that raised $36000 the former Maryland lieutenant governor jokingly acknowledged the rough road he has traveled since taking over the national party this year. "Someone told me this whole chairmanship thing would be a cakewalk" he told the crowd of more than 400 acknowledging that he has managed to "tick off" many people. Still Steele expressed frustration with the public airing of party doubts about his leadership that have dogged his first months as chairman. legislativebriefs010apr0105481240.
Gingrich to Replace Palin at GP Dinner
Washington Post
Apparently the National Republican Senatorial Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee couldn’t wait that long — pulling the plug on Palin today. “We decided to go in another direction” said NRCC communications director Ken Spain. “Speaker Gingrich is a leader and an influential voice within the Republican Party and we are thrilled to have him. ” The news which was.
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