Results for: House Democrat

Thank You, Senator
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/09/22/thank_you,_senator
– else catch the "best of the worst" examples of media bias related to the 2008 presidential campaign, as compiled and relayed on the House … Bottom line, by a 5 to 1 ratio, Americans believe the media are trying to help Democrat Sen. Barack Obama win the presidency.…
Enough is Enough
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/michelebachmann/2008/09/19/enough_is_enough
– Yesterday, I joined several House colleagues to urge the Democrat controlled Congress, the Treasury, and the Federal Reserve to act…
It's Gettin' Ugly Out There
https://townhall.com/columnists/mikegallagher/2008/09/19/its_gettin_ugly_out_there
– The act of campaigning with any sort of honor or respect has vanished from the Democrat playbook. … I can just picture the next Democrat campaign billboard: “Get Taxed Through The Nose, Wave A Flag!” … I personally witnessed a number of the Democrat anarchists in St. Paul, site of the GOP Convention.…
Pinning the Tail on the Donkey
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelreagan/2008/09/18/pinning_the_tail_on_the_donkey
– Franklin Raines, Clinton's White House Budget Director, ran Fannie and collected $50 million. … Big-time Democrat Jim Johnson, who headed Obama's VP search committee, also hauled in millions from running Fannie Mae.…
Obama: Lucifer Is My Homeboy
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2008/09/17/obama_lucifer_is_my_homeboy
– Meanwhile, on the House floor last week, Democratic Rep. … Yes, who can forget the Biblical account of how Jesus got the homeless Samaritan to register as a Democrat in exchange for a carton…
Parental Politics
https://townhall.com/columnists/nathantabor/2008/09/17/parental_politics
– Amy Carter was in third grade when her father Jimmy moved the family into the White House. … Democrat Barack Obama is father to two girls who haven’t even reached puberty yet. … Fans of the interview pointed out how nice it would be to have young children in the White House again.…
The Election Outcome
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamrusher/2008/10/06/the_election_outcome
– The GOP has held the White House for eight years, and controlled Congress as well for six of those eight. … The real question, therefore, is just how big the Democrat victory is likely to be. … In light of these considerations, voters who are planning to vote to put a Democrat in the White House next month may want to send…
Return to Redistricting Sanity
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2008/10/05/return_to_redistricting_sanity
– Yet the only party switch in the state Assembly, state Senate and California delegation in the House of Representatives occurred in … 2006 when Republican Richard Pombo of Tracy lost his congressional seat to Democrat Jerry McNerney. … bad news, but here it is: The people who wrote Proposition 11 knew that if they included congressional districts in the measure, House
This Is A Test Of The "Emergency Broadcast" System
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinhill/2008/10/05/this_is_a_test_of_the_emergency_broadcast_system
– Obama’s fellow Democrat Barney Frank, who is now Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.…
In Light of the Crisis
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2008/10/03/in_light_of_the_crisis
– McCain did not focus on the role of Barney Frank and other Democrats in encouraging Fannie Mae to run wild, and mentioned New York Democrat … White House officials credit him with listening to House Republican concerns -- making them feel more included in the process than … The House Republicans whom McCain had included and defended eventually undermined and betrayed him five weeks before a presidential…
Factors that Could Lead to Obama's Downfall
https://townhall.com/columnists/loriebyrd/2008/10/03/factors_that_could_lead_to_obamas_downfall
– The Democrats currently control both the House and Senate and barring some extreme unforeseen circumstances will not only continue … Most far left liberal policies are not terribly popular with American voters, but if the Democrats control the White House and all … It should be obvious to voters that an Obama presidency along with a Democrat-controlled Congress would result in the most liberal…
Note to GOP: Please, Please Prepare the Ads!
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/10/02/note_to_gop_please,_please_prepare_the_ads!
– Today, the Wall Street Journal has a series of pro-Freddie and pro-Fannie quotes from Democrat lawmakers (HT: commenter Joe in post … Ads including this information should be ready to go the morning after the House vote. …
Replaying 1976 With a Different Ending
https://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2008/10/02/replaying_1976_with_a_different_ending
– There are huge differences at work today though: Obama is not a conventional Democrat but from the far left edge of his party. … McCain was given a gift by Nancy Pelosi on Monday when the House Speaker let her election season mask slip and let rip with a snarl … that startled even her allies in the House and signaled that the would be Triumvers of Obama, Reid and Pelosi will not be reaching…
The Blame Game
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2008/10/02/the_blame_game
– When Speaker Nancy Pelosi took to the floor of the House on Monday to blame Republicans for the financial turmoil and charge … Maxine Waters, California Democrat, said in a Sept. 25, 2003 hearing of the House Committee on Financial Services, "We do not have … William Lacy Clay, Missouri Democrat, called the investigation that found illegal activity at Fannie Mae a "lynching," an incendiary…
What Has Wall Street Done to Main Street?
https://townhall.com/columnists/billbunkley/2008/10/01/what_has_wall_street_done_to_main_street
– While identifying the people responsible for this debacle, intellectual people must not let this become a gotcha Democrat or Republican … I didn’t buy it and neither did many in the House. … Conservative House members may have either saved us from a rushed big government decision that may never return the $700 billion dollars…
Obama, Taxes and "Facts"
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2008/10/01/obama,_taxes_and_facts
– citing numbers by something called the Tax Policy Center -- and you'll never hear that this is a project operated by two liberal-Democrat … That, of course, assumes that President Obama will follow his plan to the letter, and that a newly elected liberal House and Senate…
Obama Now Supports FDIC Idea?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/09/30/obama_now_supports_fdic_idea
– According to the AP, "Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday the government should raise the federal deposit … This idea was proposed by House Republican negotiators on Saturday evening -- but was strongly rejected by Democrats. …
Pelosi Should Go
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/09/29/pelosi_should_go
– By doing so, she's shown she's not fit to lead a two piece band, much less the House of Representatives.Mind you, as I've said before … leader Mitch McConnell trying to put words in Barack Obama's mouth (as Reid did with McCain, as he played the come/don't come game); House … But it strikes me that the Democrat leaders have let the over-the-top hatred festering in the netroots to infect them, to the point…
Doubling Down on a Bet
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/09/29/doubling_down_on_a_bet
– More than half the House Democrats voted for the bailout bill.  … Much more than half the Republicans voted against it.By doing so, House Republicans have shown themselves to be gamblers.  … From here on out, the Democrat and the media meme for any disaster will be, "Republicans could have prevented it, and they didn't."…
Uh-Oh
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/09/29/uh-oh
– SNOW ON THE WATER The memory of former White House spokesman Tony Snow will endure upon the choppy waters of the Potomac River … Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Democrat, plead: "We need a situation room. We need a situation room, not at CNN. … We need an economic situation room at the White House.…
Michelle Obama: Perpetual Victim
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/10/16/michelle_obama_perpetual_victim
– told CBS' "Early Show" that Barack is still the "underdog" in this race -- and that he will be, until he's sitting in The White House … Messiah; benefited from the most fawning coverage bestowed on a presidential candidate, at least since JFK;  is running in the most Democrat-favorable…
New Faces but Few Changes
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2008/10/15/new_faces_but_few_changes
– Remember Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi promising a new age of principled government in 2006? … Turns out his successor, Democrat Tim Mahoney -- "Restoring America's Values Begins at Home" went the campaign slogan -- evidently … The House congressional ethics committee is probably so busy sorting out Rangel-related issues it doesn't have time for much else.…
Media Insulating Irresponsible Incumbents
https://townhall.com/columnists/richardolivastro/2008/10/15/media_insulating_irresponsible_incumbents
– candidate who talks change, because, he knows that, historically, ‘change’ to most voters is ‘change the party occupying the White House … The change strategy worked early in the democrat primaries because the party base, widely liberal, was strongly against the Iraq war…
Prank or Crime?
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/10/15/prank_or_crime
– Unfortunately, my 'McCain-Palin' sign was plucked from my front yard, never to be seen again," writes an Inside the Beltway reader from Democrat-heavy … Rangel, New York Democrat and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, is currently under the ethics microscope for failing to disclose … As for now supporting a Democrat for the White House, having been a registered Republican since the late 1950s, Mr.…
Keep the Faith
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2008/10/15/keep_the_faith
– Republican candidates for United States Senate, Members of Congress, State House and Senate, County Commission and City Council across … rest of us who will hold the reins of political power then we deserve what we get: - Obama as President - A 60-vote Democrat … Senate Majority - A huge Democrat majority in the House - Two new Liberal members of the US Supreme Court.…
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