Long live the Democrats? Not so fast.
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- Long live the Democrats? Not so fast.
- GP ad hits bama on health care
- Curse of the 2012 GP candidate?
- Iowa Dem chairman angry at Nazi comment
Long live the Democrats? Not so fast.
Christian Science Monitor
Not all of that 40 percent are movement conservatives. And plenty of progressives shudder at the liberal label. But the poll does suggest that while the Republican Party may lag far behind the Democrats in party identification numbers ? 22 percent to 39 percent respectively in an April Pew Research Center poll ? there is still hefty resistance to substantial political change. Aware theirs is not a lost cause Republicans have been gearing up for a fight over “good government. ” Witness the right’s recent fascination with the American Progressive movement of the late 19th century 20th century. The first to successfully articulate the need for an active federal government to protect Americans from social ills the Progressives (as distinct from the small-p progressives today) were the progenitors of 20th-century liberalism. They won Americans the first consumer rights (the Pure Food and Drug Act) the first labor rights (the abolition of child labor) and some of the first significant economic regulations (the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the Federal Reserve).
GP ad hits bama on health care
msnbc.com
" another good punch plays on peoples concerns that health care ‘reform’ is something that should be approached thoughtfully and deliberately rather than jammed through because the politics may be right. Unfortunately the ad uses the word ‘Republican’ waaaayyyyyy too much. At a time when identification with the Republican party is low and the message of the party (whatever it may be these days) has lost credibility it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to pound on that brand name over and over in the ad. So despite the many good things in the ad I think the repeated use of the word "Republican" is the kiss of death and most folks will tune out just because of that. Bill airfax VA (Sent Tuesday June 23 2009 4:32 PM)The republican ad does not dare to say that they want the insurance companies to be in control of our health care system.
Curse of the 2012 GP candidate?
msnbc.com
HALEY BARBUR: The Republican Party has gotten whiter more Southern and older but Barbour — who fits those three boxes ? appears to be testing the 2012 waters. He?s in New Hampshire today and Iowa tomorrow. The outspoken Barbour a former Republican National Committee chairman and vice chairman of the Republican Governors Association has upped his profile this year. n Monday Barbour campaigned with Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Bob McDonnell and was on Capitol Hill yesterday attacking bama?s and Democrats? health care proposals. (By the way the chairman of the RGA is Sanford).
Iowa Dem chairman angry at Nazi comment
Chicago Tribune
“I don’t know whatelse to do other than take offense to that. Kiernan rejected suggestions that he was trying to make theoccasionally controversial Failor the face of the Republican Party. “Frankly I just want to know as the chairman of the IowaDemocratic Party representing every Iowa Democrat whether those inthe Republican Party agree with that statement” Kiernan said.
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