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The GOP Senate Firewall: The Last Line of Defense Against Unfettered Liberalism
https://townhall.com/columnists/cesarconda/2008/10/17/the_go…ewall_the_last_line_of_defense_against_unfettered_liberalism
– However, the House AMT fix included tax increases, which ran into a Senate GOP filibuster. … In the end, the Senate Democrats were forced to pass the AMT fix without the House-passed tax increases. … Overall, the Democrat-controlled House has passed 31 bills calling for various restrictions on American troops or funding in Iraq,…
The Coming Backlash
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2008/10/17/the_coming_backlash
– As of today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the San Francisco Democrat, anticipates gains of 15-30 seats. Sen. … Headed for the White House is the most left-wing member of the Senate, according to the National Journal. … No Democrat has ever come out of the far left of his party to win the presidency.…
Living the High Life
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/10/17/living_the_high_life
– According to gossip columnist Richard Johnson of Page Six, the Obamas aren't waiting to get to The White House to live the high life … It's just that the whole mentality strikes me as typical of Democrat thinking. …
ACORN Voter Fraud in NM
https://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/2008/10/17/acorn_voter_fraud_in_nm
– One of the ballots was cast from someone named "Duran-Duran" The GOP's review was conducted in House District 13 and only included … We now have undeniable proof that a significant number of fraudulent voters were cast in Democrat primary races for the New Mexico … Information from House Minority Leader John Boehner's office shows that Albuquerque's ACORN branch has received $349,253 in federal…
Voter Registration Fraud DOES Lead to Voter Fraud
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandacarpenter/2008/10/17/voter_registration_fraud_does_lead_to_voter_fraud
– One of the ballots was cast from someone named "Duran-Duran" The GOP's review was conducted in House District 13 and only included … We now have undeniable proof that a significant number of fraudulent voters were cast in Democrat primary races for the New Mexico … Information from House Minority Leader John Boehner's (R.…
Congressional GOPers Will Drown in Dems Election Tsunami
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/10/17/congressional_gopers_will_drown_in_dems_election_tsunami
– The only Democrat in any trouble is two-term Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. … The House is also shaping up to be a Republican bloodbath. Last month, the GOP was looking at a dozen or so losses. … It isn't a coincidence that many of the states where the Democrats are now leading in House and Senate races are the states where Obama…
Now Is the Time for All Good Men
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2008/11/05/now_is_the_time_for_all_good_men
– The Democrat-controlled Congress went home at the beginning of October and no senior Democratic Member of the House or Senate has poked … There may be some House or Senate races which go to recounts (as I write this, in the Minnesota Senate race Norm Colman and Al Franken … The House results will take a little longer to compile, so we'll have to wait to see if the Democrats got the 30-seat change they were…
Why Republicans Are Getting Whipped
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/tomdelay/2008/11/05/why_republicans_are_getting_whipped
– After more than a decade in control of Congress and eight years in the White House, the coalition has worn thin. … continue to divide us.Meanwhile, liberals of every sort are in a frenzy to get back into power, and especially to wrest the White House … Tom DeLay, Texas Republican, served as House majority leader.…
Peggy the Moocher
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2008/11/05/peggy_the_moocher
– No matter who moves into the White House, Peggy has good reason to do a happy dance. … That was on top of the trillion-plus-dollar "bank" bailout supported by both presidential candidates, the White House and the Democratic … It was the Republican, not the Democrat, who entrusted the Treasury Department to renegotiate individual home loans and become chief…
Who Will Run America?
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2008/11/05/who_will_run_america
– Williams pointed out that the White House doesn't govern what happens in your house. … Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas, told me. "I don't think we want anybody in this country to starve," Rep. … "The guy who delivered ice to my house, he doesn't have a job because we have refrigerators. We're better off.…
Chris Shays, Gone
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandacarpenter/2008/11/04/chris_shays,_gone
– The Republican engineer of campaign finance reform in the House, Rep. … Chris Shays of Connecticut, has been unseated by Democrat Jim Himes.Shays was a classically squishy Republican.…
The Letter the Houston Chronicle Refuses to Print
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/tomdelay/2008/11/04/the_letter_the_houston_chronicle_refuses_to_print
– Not that I ever expected the Chronicle to give me a fair shake, but here is an editorial board that based their endorsement of a Democrat … “watchdog group” that drafted a formal House Ethics complaint and shopped it around to lawmakers.  … The House Ethics Committee then issued a report finding Bell in direct violation of House Rules. …
Plumber Prediction
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/11/04/plumber_prediction
– Joe the Plumber conceded Monday night that Republican John McCain has a slim chance of defeating Democrat Barack Obama in the race … for the White House.…
Obamageddon... Fiction?
https://townhall.com/columnists/douglasmackinnon/2008/11/03/obamageddon_fiction
– And for that, the general knew, Lieberman had paid a heavy political price as the far-left of the democrat party savaged him.  … When the former Democrat and now independent senator outlined his most crucial reason for supporting McCain over Obama, the general … People who don’t care if the President of the United States is a liberal or a conservative, a Republican or a Democrat. …
Expert Predictions...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/11/03/expert_predictions
– VA, NM, CO, NH, OR, AK, NC (Coleman hangs on by a thread and Chambliss is forced into a Dec 2 run-off which he wins)- # of total House … gotten two more in, and it's not getting any prettier...Obama/McCain total %: 52/44Obama/McCain electoral vote split: 353/1857 Democrat … ...Obama 53%, McCain 46%Electoral:  Obama 364, McCain 1647 Democrat seats picked up:  VA, NH, CO, NM, NC, OR, AK22 House seats picked…
So Much for Sarah
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/11/03/so_much_for_sarah
– reason Obama is faring better than Senator Kerry did in the last election," observes CAWP Director Debbie Walsh. 11-2 Democrat … Republican John McCain is currently an 11-to-2 underdog to win the White House. … Warner and passed out candy from the doorway of his relatives' house.…
All Shall Not Be Lost
https://townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/2008/11/02/all_shall_not_be_lost
– So as Tuesday's numbers accumulate, here are some benchmarks to bear in mind: The House of Representatives currently has 235 … President Lyndon Johnson's 1964 landslide victory over Barry Goldwater produced a House with 295 Democrats and 140 Republicans, and … In 1976, they voted for Jimmy Carter, the Georgia Democrat, over President Gerald Ford.…
Adam Clayton Powell: Father of Black Identity Politics, Mentor to Al Sharpton
https://townhall.com/columnists/carlhorowitz/2008/11/01/adam…ell_father_of_black_identity_politics,_mentor_to_al_sharpton
– In 1944, he ran as a Democrat for Congress, post-riot redistricting having created a seat tailor-made for Harlem.  … At the same time, he was a key architect of the welfare state, especially starting in 1961 when he became chairman of the House Education … The House of Representatives’ Democratic Caucus in January 1967 stripped him of his chairmanship, and two months later, the full House
No Longer a September 10 Election
https://townhall.com/columnists/loriebyrd/2008/10/31/no_longer_a_september_10_election
Democrat Barney Frank recently expressed his desire to see the U.S. military budget cut by twenty-five percent. … With a Democrat President and majorities in the House and Senate there would not be much to stop him.…
A Progressive Bait and Switch
https://townhall.com/columnists/christophermerola/2008/10/29/a_progressive_bait_and_switch
– Yet, the spin designed to cover up the Democrat plans continue with the help of the media. … Just last week, House Democrats invited liberal Democrat professor, Teresa Ghilarducci, to testify before Chairman George Miller’s … In 1967, Democrat President, Lyndon Johnson, along with a larger Democrat majority in Congress, elected in 1966, took all the money…
Sizing Up Candidates
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamrusher/2008/10/28/sizing_up_candidates
– For many people, it's easy: "Vote for the Democrat" or "Vote for the Republican." … Home at last, he was elected to an open House seat in 1982, re-elected in 1984, and then went to the Senate.…
God and Barack Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulkengor/2008/10/27/god_and_barack_obama
– Most salient is this inescapable conclusion: More than any presidential nominee this close to the White House, Barack Obama’s faith … For the Obamas, however, the hassle of getting the baby out of the house for a packed service was an obstacle. … The Obama girls have never attended Sunday school—a definite contrast with most White House children.…
Fannie, Freddie Mess Belongs at Dems' Doorstep
https://townhall.com/columnists/markhillman/2008/10/27/fannie,_freddie_mess_belongs_at_dems_doorstep
– * As early as 2001, President Bush and Republicans warned that Freddie and Fannie's financial house was unstable and could wreak … They throw around millions in campaign contributions, targeting key members of Senate and House finance and banking committees. … reforms proposed by Bush, Snow and Hagel would have averted the current crisis, but we certainly know that Fannie and Freddie's Democrat
More Unsolved Mysteries
https://townhall.com/columnists/burtprelutsky/2008/10/27/more_unsolved_mysteries
– I know for a fact that not every single Democrat is an ignoramus, that not every last liberal has the emotional instability of a giddy … Now we are trusting the economy of our country to a pack of nit-wits who couldn’t make money running a whore house and selling booze…
Detroit Automakers a Relic of the Past
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2008/11/15/detroit_automakers_a_relic_of_the_past
– Its economy, despite the efforts of two previous governors -- Democrat Jim Blanchard and Republican John Engler -- is dangerously dependent … GM stock is below its 1946 price, and one investment house has priced it at zero.…
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