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Dems Were For Surge ... Before They Were Against It
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2007/02/01/dems_were_for_surge__before_they_were_against_it
– It seems that almost every major Democrat was for a surge before they were against it. Don't believe me? … (Anne Flaherty, “Senate Democrats With Eye On White House Vows To Fight Troops Surge In Iraq,” The Associated Press, 12/27/06) ..…
Is Hagel the New McCain?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2007/01/30/is_hagel_the_new_mccain
– But the establishment media's play isn't to stop John McCain from winning the GOP nomination -- it's to elect a Democrat in the General … Hagel to follow in the footsteps of Teddy Roosevelt in 1912: He could bolt the GOP and run a credible independent bid for the White House
The Nose-Holders On Iraq: We Don't Like It, But We Gotta Stay
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2007/02/21/the_nose-holders_on_iraq_we_dont_like_it,_but_we_gotta_stay
– that's not what it's about: Unwilling to stand up and move outright to cut off funding for a warthey now oppose, Murtha and other House … I remember thinking at the time that voters might vote Democrat in hopes of bringing about change, but they would likely not get the…
Gilmore: 'There is No Real Conservative in the Race' (Also, the First Blogging President?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2007/02/27/gi…_conservative_in_the_race_also,_the_first_blogging_president
– I can't help but listen to a guy who made a name for himself opposing a car tax against Democrat and Republican opposition alike when … He'd like to take that capability all the way to the White House, he said: "When I become president, I would like to think about…
Future Trends in the Politics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2007/03/09/future_trends_in_the_politics
– Bush’s election in 1988 (Reagan’s 3rd term), there is a strong trend of parties holding the White House for no more than two terms. … For example, people who turned 18 in the 1940s (during FDR's administration) are strongly Democrat, while people who turned 18 in the … On African-Americans & the GOP Will African-Americans continue to vote Democrat in such overwhelming percentages? …
Subpoeana Showdown: Put Your Head Between Your Knees, and Kiss Your Next Two Years Goodbye
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2007/03/21/su…ead_between_your_knees,_and_kiss_your_next_two_years_goodbye
– Then I thought, "The White House claims some of these guys were fired for being insufficiently concerned about voter fraud. … Western Washington is overwhelmingly Democrat, especially Seattle. … Now, what's with the wimpo response from the White House on this?…
Elizabeth Edwards Connects With the Less Fortunate of N.C.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2007/04/09/elizabeth_edwards_connects_with_the_less_fortunate_of_nc
– Far as I can tell, she's a Democrat, but she's also a slick Southern lady who knows what she's doing. … Calling your neighbor's normal-people house "slummy" when you live in a mansion the size of the Dean Dome does not reflect what we…
Interview with Vic Gold (Friend of 41 Says 43 Lost His Way)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2007/04/23/interview_with_vic_gold_friend_of_41_says_43_lost_his_way
– This made me think of you because you come from the libertarian/conservative movement and Dowd was a Democrat until 1999, yet you both … Bush’s arrival in the White House in 2001. ML:  What do you think it’s like for H.W.…
Why Hasn’t Jerry Lewis Signed This Letter?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2007/05/24/why_hasn’t_jerry_lewis_signed_this_letter
– Rob Bluey writes: Every Republican member of the California delegation in the House has signed a letter vowing to sustain a veto … should President Bush reject Democrat-passed appropriations bills that ignore his spending guidelines. … Cambell: We're big Campbell fans because he has proven in his short time on Capitol Hill to be one of the top leaders in the House
Update on Letter to Sustain Spending Vetoes
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2007/05/23/update_on_letter_to_sustain_spending_vetoes
– If House Republicans stick together, we can save $23 billion for American taxpayers, which is the difference between the Democrat budget … resolution (passed without the votes of any House Republicans) and the President’s discretionary spending request.…
Sustain Spending Vetoes
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2007/05/18/sustain_spending_vetoes
– If you compare the Democrat budget for discretionary spending to the President’s, the difference is roughly $23 billion. … House Republicans need to make sure that these vetoes can be sustained.…
Sen.Craig Thomas (R-WY) Dead of Leukemia at 74
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2007/06/04/sencraig_thomas_r-wy_dead_of_leukemia_at_74
House, he held office for five years in the Wyoming State Legislature. … Dave Freudenthal, a Democrat, will appoint a successor from one of three finalists chosen by the state Republican party.He was diagnosed…
Immigration Bill: Moment of Truth
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2007/06/07/immigration_bill_moment_of_truth
– If it dies, it may have been a Democrat that killed it. … The North Dakota Democrat says immigrants take many jobs Americans could fill. … A five-year sunset, they said, could knock the legs from the precarious bipartisan coalition aligned with the White House.…
Inking the budget
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2007/06/20/inking_the_budget
– And yet, the new Democrat majority in Congress wants to accelerate this spending growth and is promising to hand you what will become … It is going to take political courage to address this reality, but conservatives in the House are ready. … In other words, there aren't enough votes to defeat these bills in the House. But there is hope.…
VP is Once Again Part of Exec. Branch
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2007/06/28/vp_is_once_again_part_of_exec_branch
– Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), the No. 3 House Democrat, to try to cut off the office's $4.8 million in executive-branch funding, and a letter…
The 110th Bassmasters' Congress: Fishing With Your Tax Dollars
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2007/07/10/the_110th_bassmasters_congress_fishing_with_your_tax_dollars
– ," theMichigan Democrat said. … (House Judiciary Chair John Conyers said yesterday that he would not cite Taylor, but it's not his call to make.) … The White House wrote its own ticket on this.…
Matt Lewis & The News ...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2007/07/16/matt_lewis__the_news_
– The first Muslim elected to Congress compared Bush to Hitler.Immigrants rallied today in Wisconsin, wearing Lou Dobbs masks ...The House … Republican Caucus has put together a graph, showing "Democrat Job Approval Plummets" (H/t: Amanda Carpenter) ...…
“L'Etat, c'est moi” – “I am the State”
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2007/08/03/“letat,_cest_moi”_–___“i_am_the_state”
– Last night, Republicans walked off the House Floor after Democrats changed the outcome of a vote after the final tally had been called … After the gavel had fallen, Stockton, California Freshman Democrat Jerry McNerney (CA-11) changed his vote to oppose the motion, and … The House is currently shut down. I will keep you posted.…
It's Not Just About Ted Stevens ...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2007/07/31/its_not_just_about_ted_stevens_
– As I'm sure you probably heard, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens' house was raided by the FBI and IRS. … then, if keeping a Ted Stevens in the Senate meant our Supreme Justice nominees would face a Republican Senate, rather than a Democrat
Why the Left Hates Private Equity
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2007/07/25/why_the_left_hates_private_equity
– Here's yet another proposed Democrat tax increase on "the rich" that hits the little guy and hurts the economy. … Make no mistake: The Baucus-Grassley legislation in the Senate and the Levin bill in the House to hike levies on private equity and…
Huckabee Goes After Romney
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2007/08/09/huckabee_goes_after_romney
– Romney would leave the party vulnerable to Democratic charges of flip-flopping that could endanger GOP chances of winning the White House … What's problematic is that it does represent a dramatic shift and the obvious thing that a Democrat[ic] opponent will do to him is…
RePORK Card
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2007/08/22/repork_card
– All the appropriations bills have now passed the House and how many the Senate will take up is yet to be determined.  … Even after the new Democrat majority pledged to restore "fiscal responsibility" to Congress, only 1 of the 50 amendments to strip pork … The average Republican score was 43% and the average Democrat score was 2%. …
I'm Baaaack...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/marykatharineham/2007/08/20/im_baaaack
– In the end, about 30 House conservatives and I fought against the bill and were soundly defeated by our own colleagues. … Democrat New Media politics, and Rove's role: And so goes the narrative. Republicans are all top-down. Democrats are bottom-up.…
The Prince of Darkness' Pro-Life Wife
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2007/09/08/the_prince_of_darkness_pro-life_wife
– This particular exchange took place in 1984, between Drew Lewis, the White House agent on the party platform, and Novak's wife, Geraldine … She had come to Washington twenty-four years earlier as a born-and-bred Texas Democrat, a twenty-three-year-old secretary on Lyndon…
Disclosure
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johncampbell/2007/09/19/disclosure
– Republican Senator Ted Stevens led the earmarking pack with $189 million, followed by Democrat Senators Daniel Inouye at $183 million … The House version of the Defense appropriations bill contained $3 billion in earmarks, but adding in undisclosed projects in the senate…
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