GP seeks its revival in the revolt against bama’s healthcare plan
The News Review:
- GP seeks its revival in the revolt against bama’s healthcare plan
- Republican Lawmakers Charge it to The Party
- Letter: Tea Party movement smells like racism
- Specter in Pittsburgh: ‘I put my neck on the line’
- Doyle won’t seek re-election in 2010
- Hand-picked GP contender goes up against Tim Bishop
GP seeks its revival in the revolt against bama’s healthcare plan
Los Angeles Times
That claim too has been widely discredited. Finding a balancethers are still trying to figure out how to balance the desires of the base with the need to appeal to moderate swing voters who might be turned off by high-volume rhetoric. Whether they find that balance could determine whether the Republican Party can win back independents who voted overwhelmingly for bama last year but now according to several polls are questioning their commitment to him. The GP might take comfort in a.
Republican Lawmakers Charge it to The Party
The Ledger
Ray Sansom picked up the tab for college officials for a dinner that included Delmonico steak crusted grouper and cr<0×00E8>me brulee. But Sansom – who has since been indicted by a Leon County grand jury on charges that he steered taxpayer money to a college project to benefit a developer – did not use his own money for the nearly $600 meal. Instead records show that the Destin Republican used a credit card given to him by the Republican Party of Florida. The March 2008 dinner receipt was included in records released by State Attorney Willie Meggs as part of his investigation. Republican officials have refused to say which elected officials have party credit cards or what expenses those officials charged on their cards. The use of the credit cards raises questions about whether politicians are using money from lobbyists and other donors for personal expenses without public accountability. Florida has strict laws that ban lobbyists or their clients from buying meals or showering gifts on lawmakers the governor and other statewide elected officials.
Letter: Tea Party movement smells like racism
Mercury-Register
Is that it?I went to a meeting of these folks. They were being led by a failed Republican congressional candidate from the Deep South who was also a loser in Chico’s elections last year. Sensing partisanship on their Web site I sought information. Choosing the direct route I asked via e-mail. Are you Republicans? I asked. They would not deny it.
Specter in Pittsburgh: ‘I put my neck on the line’
Philadelphia Inquirer
He spoke just before his primary challenger Rep. Joe Sestak took the stage to make his pitch and answer questions in a back-to-back bid for the influential ears of several hundred bloggers attending from around the nation. "I carried the president’s message" said Specter who switched from the Republican Party in the spring and is seeking reelection to a sixth term in his new party. "I put my neck on the line. "Specter had just come off the road from four town-hall meetings during which angry protesters jeered and shouted him down about health care. At the core of his candidacy Sestak has argued that he is a true Democrat that Specter cannot be trusted to vote the party’s principles and that he enabled some of the worst policies of Republican President George W.
Doyle won’t seek re-election in 2010
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Earlier this summer some bloggers reported that Doyle was expected to take a job with President Barack bama. His staff immediately dismissed those reports as false. The state Republican Party issued a statement saying the party was positioned to take back the governor’s office by emphasizing jobs and lower taxes. Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus said in an interview that he had no firsthand knowledge of Doyle’s plans. "But all of our common sense tells us that if his spokesman says he is making a statement about his future on Monday and his poll numbers are down you would imagine that the announcement isn’t that he’s seeking another term" Priebus said. ne veteran Democratic legislator who asked not to be identified out of loyalty to Doyle said he thinks Doyle started the year expecting to run but recently asked himself this question: "Why do I want to continue to do this?" If Doyle serves out his term he would have served 20 years as a top state official – eight years as governor and 12 as attorney general. He would turn 65 weeks after the November 2010 election when the next governor must begin preparing the 2011-’13 state budget.
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Hand-picked GP contender goes up against Tim Bishop
Newsday
“He’s doing everything the right way” said Joan Hudson a 50-year party activist from nearby Lake Grove. “He’s not stepping on anyone’s toes he’s walking districts and helping out other candidates. The Republican Party needs a transfusion and a face-lift. And he fills the bill 100 percent. But Democrats say Altschuler who only registered to vote locally a year ago is just the latest in a series of rich carpetbaggers who have moved into the Republican-dominated East End district looking to buy a congressional seat. They say Altschuler’s past which ties him to a company that exported 4000 jobs to India makes him unelectable. “I’d be stunned if local Republicans would want to team up with someone who made millions outsourcing jobs to India” said Richard Schaffer Suffolk Democratic chairman.
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