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Mr. Speaker-in-Waiting
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2010/10/05/mr_speaker-in-waiting
– He points to recent votes as proof "we have learned our lesson" -- Republicans stood together and voted unanimously against the stimulus … We don't need any more programs; we need to undo a lot of programs." Where to start? … If people want to change direction, I have to have them engaged in this fight."…
‘Stop All the Bad Stuff’
https://townhall.com/columnists/larrykudlow/2010/10/05/‘stop_all_the_bad_stuff’
– Boehner also made it clear that he was unhappy with the 99 Republicans who just voted -- along with most Democrats -- to pass the China … Boehner seems to get it. … to 38 percent in a low-turnout scenario.…
2010 Race of the Day UPDATE: Reclaiming MS-01
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/10/04/2010_race_of_the_day_update_reclaiming_ms-01
– Democrats just voted to return to their districts to campaign rather than hold a vote on tax relief.  … He’ll be ready to get to work on Day One and will help to get Mississippi back on track.  … While he voted against the final version of the healthcare takeover bill, he waited until just a couple days before the vote to make…
Across America, Main Street Voices Disappointment
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2010/10/04/across_america,_main_street_voices_disappointment
– Once employing 14,000, the mill is down to a few hundred workers. … Last week he and Vice President Biden started to blame their own supporters, insisting that they need to “buck-up” and vote. … Americans voted for change in 2008 in record numbers.…
Pelosi's Vote to Adjourn Could Be Her Last Hurrah
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2010/10/04/pelosis_vote_to_adjourn_could_be_her_last_hurrah
– 210-209, to adjourn. … So she decided to shut it down and let Democrats go home and try to salvage their seats. … She went to some trouble to do so, setting up a special committee in 2007 to bypass Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell on the…
Slaves and the 'O'mancipator
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2010/10/03/slaves_and_the_omancipator
– "It took time to free the slaves..." … If one is to properly understand the analogy the parallel to be drawn would be to portray himself as a Lincoln-like, emancipating sort … If one is to be in fierce agreement with what he said one would be forced to analyze who Obama was referring to as slaves, and by necessity…
2010 Race of the Day UPDATE: Alan Grayson's Embarassing Tenure in Congress
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/10/02/2010_r…_the_day_update_alan_graysons_embarassing_tenure_in_congress
– In a year where Republicans have a decent chance to take back the House, Dan Webster is perfectly poised to take back this Florida … he voted ‘YES’ to massive Medicare cuts, job-killing tax hikes and higher healthcare premiums. … Dedicated to putting Florida and its people first, Webster is ready to fight for limited government, lower taxes, fiscal responsibility…
GOP Running Up the Score in Big Ten Country - Part II
https://townhall.com/columnists/guybenson/2010/10/01/gop_running_up_the_score_in_big_ten_country_-_part_ii
– House: Democratic incumbent Tim Walz is expected to win re-election in MN-01, but his district voted for George W. … wants to make Boccieri pay the price.  … to win his party’s nomination. …
Obama Resents People He Would Lead
https://townhall.com/columnists/dankennedy/2010/09/30/obama_resents_people_he_would_lead
– Thus Woodward reveals in stark clarity Obama’s ambivalence and reluctance to prosecute a war against terrorists who organize against … We have a Commander-in-Chief unwilling to command or protect – whether our own southern border or the nation as a whole. … Chris Matthews begs him nightly to toss his teleprompter.…
Congressional Democrats Skip Town, Scheduled Obama Tax Hikes Still Loom
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2010/09/30/congressi…al_democrats_skip_town,_scheduled_obama_tax_hikes_still_loom
– Thirty-nine House Democrats voted against adjournment after Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) urged opposition to the motion in … Dozens of Democrats in tough races voted against adjourning. … Brad Ellsworth (Ind.), Charlie Melancon (La.) and Joe Sestak (Pa.) also voted against adjournment.…
2010 Race of the Day UPDATE: Dina Titus Out of Touch in Nevada
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianwalsh/2010/09/30/2010_race_of_the_day_update_dina_titus_out_of_touch_in_nevada
– It looks like she miscalculated – and now she’ll have to answer to voters on Election Day. … an attempt to distract voters from Titus’s failed record. … Please take some time to check out Dr. Joe Heck’s website.…
GOP Running Up the Score In Big Ten Country
https://townhall.com/columnists/guybenson/2010/09/30/gop_running_up_the_score_in_big_ten_country
– Which brings us to Big Ten Country.   … Navy veteran Mark Kirk to try to pick it off.  … It’s enough to make a Democrat I-L-L.  (I-N-I)!…
Why Are We Underusing a Cure for Drug Overdose?
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2010/09/30/why_are_we_underusing_a_cure_for_drug_overdose
– Philadelphia loses more lives to heroin than to homicide. … to spend $100,000 to dispense naloxone to community organizations that offer treatment and other help to addicts. … to act.…
The 'Assassination' of 'Immigration Reform'
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2010/09/30/the_assassination_of_immigration_reform
– The officers did what they are trained to do when an attack is in progress -- shoot to stop. … Twice ordered to depart, most recently in 2004, she refused to leave. … Hard to imagine.…
A "Taxing" Vote for Democrats
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2010/09/29/a_taxing_vote_for_democrats
– Democrats voted -- just barely -- to adjourn the House without voting on the extension of the Bush tax cuts.It's probably because the … Apparently, Pelosi & Co. are going to try to argue that Republicans held tax cuts for those below $250,000 "hostage" to tax cuts for … First, it wasn't the Republicans who voted to adjourn; they were willing to stay and work. …
United Auto Workers Local Costs 650 Jobs in Indiana
https://townhall.com/columnists/fvincentvernuccio/2010/09/29/united_auto_workers_local_costs_650_jobs_in_indiana
– In what only can be described as pure stubborn selfishness, a United Auto Workers (UAW) local in Indiana voted this week to close a … Employees who did not want to accept the pay cut would be free to transfer to other GM plants for up to two years. … On Monday they voted 457 to 96 against the giving into concessions, which will likely result in the shuttering of the factory.…
Making Good On The Threat To "Turn this bus around!"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jillianbandes/2010/09/29/making_good_on_the_threat_to_turn_this_bus_around!
– After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on Joe Miller in the Alaska Senate primary, the Tea Party Express is coming back to … the state to rally against Lisa Murkowksi's write-in bid. … and work to unseat Barbara Boxer.The Last Frontier is just a little more exciting, it seems.…
Obama's Trouble With The Youth Vote?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/greghengler/2010/09/28/obamas_trouble_with_the_youth_vote
– President Obama heads to the University of Wisconsin today to rekindle the love with youth voters. … more than hope and change to land a job; the youth unemployment rate is 19% in July. … Listen to these two students, and Team Obama has got to be wondering - where has the love gone?Big HT: VHABEEB.…
The Republican Philosophy
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2010/09/28/the_republican_philosophy
– Not to nitpick, but something is missing from the document. … Democrats would rather use these issues to demonize the GOP than offer practical solutions to amend them. … Philosophy is easier to express than to apply.…
What Is a Narcissist To Do?
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2010/09/28/what_is_a_narcissist_to_do
– With news of President Obama's plan to swarm the heartland this week to re-energize his base, one wonders whether he's finally heard … Not that he isn't going to continue trying to persuade adults to ignore their lying eyes, but for now, at least, he's out to recapture … Hope and change from what, to what?…
If You Are Not a Leftist, Why Are You Voting Democrat?
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2010/09/28/if_you_are_not_a_leftist,_why_are_you_voting_democrat
– In fact, it was actually more emotionally difficult to vote Republican than to eat the ham.Now, how could that be? … to eat ham? … That is how liberals, not to mention leftists, think: It is a grievous sin to vote Republican (unless the Republican is a liberal).…
Harmer Tries To Re-Swing McNerney's House Seat
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2010/10/17/harmer_tries_to_re-swing_mcnerneys_house_seat
– Harmer wants to do to McNerney in 2010 what McNerney did to Pombo four years ago. … So Harmer is working overtime to link McNerney to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. … Granted, it's easy for any Republican to support a commission to cut federal spending.…
Obama and the US-Israel alliance
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2010/10/15/obama_and_the_us-israel_alliance
– Both Livni and Olmert claimed that Netanyahu is taking a knife to Israel's most valuable alliance by refusing to bow to US President … to recognize it? … He should continue to defy Obama and explain to the American people why Israel cannot accede to the administration's demands.…
Dems Whistling Past The Graveyard
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/10/15/dems_whistling_past_the_graveyard
– House Speaker Nancy Pelosi compared some of them to Nazis. … turnout in record numbers and disappointed, dispirited Democrats who are failing to cast their ballots. … The average percentage of eligible citizens who voted in Democratic primaries was the lowest ever.…
“No Such Things As Shovel-Ready”-The Political Suicide of President Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2010/10/15/“no_…gs_as_shovel-ready”-the_political_suicide_of_president_obama
– So, his liberal allies in Congress voted him the money because he promised to pour it into “shovel- ready” projects across the land … that Democrats who controlled both houses of Congress were threatening to cut off supplies to the troops if he did not cave in to … It is central to his administration’s claim to have “created or saved” millions of jobs.…
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